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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may: Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today, Tomorrow will be dying.
— Robert Herrick
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The invitation to gather rosebuds urges attention to opportunities while they last. The flower's brief life makes time's passing concrete: today's beauty will not remain available indefinitely.
- Bartlett, Familiar Quotations (1891)To the Virgins, to Make Much of TimeReference checked
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