{"id":153,"date":"2010-02-09T04:54:47","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T04:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=153"},"modified":"2017-07-12T01:00:12","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T01:00:12","slug":"to-the-virgins-to-make-much-of-time-robert-herrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/to-the-virgins-to-make-much-of-time-robert-herrick\/","title":{"rendered":"To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time&#8211;Robert Herrick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/472px-Robert_Herrick_1591-1674.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-154 lazyload\" title=\"472px-Robert_Herrick_1591-1674\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/472px-Robert_Herrick_1591-1674-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/472px-Robert_Herrick_1591-1674-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/472px-Robert_Herrick_1591-1674.jpg 472w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 236px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 236\/300;\" \/><\/a>Robert Herrick (1591-1674)<\/p>\n<p>TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME.<\/p>\n<div>GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may,<br \/>\nOld time is still a-flying :<br \/>\nAnd this same flower that smiles to-day<br \/>\nTo-morrow will be dying.<\/div>\n<div>The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,<br \/>\nThe higher he&#8217;s a-getting,<br \/>\nThe sooner will his race be run,<br \/>\nAnd nearer he&#8217;s to setting.<\/div>\n<div>That age is best which is the first,<br \/>\nWhen youth and blood are warmer ;<br \/>\nBut being spent, the worse, and worst<br \/>\nTimes still succeed the former.<\/div>\n<div>Then be not coy, but use your time,<br \/>\nAnd while ye may go marry :<br \/>\nFor having lost but once your prime<br \/>\nYou may for ever tarry.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Herrick (1591-1674)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1500s"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}