What is the full poem that starts "Gather ye rosebuds"? Who wrote it?

-- C. Smith (FYM416@aol.com), June 06, 1999

Answers

John is right. . Robert Herrick

(1591-1674)

To the Virgins,

To Make Much of Time

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,

Old time is still a-flying:

And this same flower that smiles today

Tomorrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,

The higher he's a-getting,

The sooner will his race be run,

And nearer he's to setting.

That age is best which is the first,

When youth and blood are warmer;

But being spent, the worse and worst

Times still succeed the former.

Then be not coy, but use your time,

And while ye may, go marry:

For having lost but once your prime,

You may for ever tarry.

-- ilza (ilza@pobox.com), June 25, 1999.

Robert Herrick, NOT Shakespeare.

-- John O'Connell (oconnell@siam.org), June 14, 1999.

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Ere they go up to $52.00 per dozen.

Venida Cohen

-- Venida Cohen (venidarae@hotmail.com), June 10, 1999.

Gather Ye Rosebuds

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may old time is still a-flying and this same flower that smiles today tomorrow will be dying

The glorious lamp of heaven the sun the higher he's a getting the sooner will his race be run the nearer he's to setting

That age is best which is the first when youth and blood are warmer but being spent the worst and worse time shall succeed the former

Then be not coy, but use your time and wile you may go marry for having spent but once your prime you may forever tarry

- William Shakespeare

-- Maud (Maud@aol.com), June 07, 1999.