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“To the Virgins, to make much of time”

by Sandra Bennett
TCF

21 Oct

~ Carly Shetland, 19 years old, spends her time snoozing or eating ~

“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow 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.”

~ Robert Herrick ~ 

Is it just me or does anyone else feel like time has wings on her heels?

Blessings ~ Carly Shetland ~ time ~ rosebuds ~ Robert Herrick ~
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  1. myletterstoemily says

    October 23, 2013 at 6:47 pm

    such a lovely, bittersweet poem.
    thank you for sharing.

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  2. Lynn says

    October 23, 2013 at 3:45 pm

    Time does run away with itself, I'd like it to slow down some. what a lovely poem..

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  3. Sparky says

    October 23, 2013 at 12:13 am

    Very uplifting. AMEN to this post.
    Luv ~:)

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  4. dori says

    October 22, 2013 at 9:19 pm

    Greetings to Carly from the Bavarian shepherd-girl! Good Thistle!!

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  5. Down On The Farm says

    October 22, 2013 at 7:27 pm

    Life does pass by too quickly. Next summer I will be 50. How did THAT happen? And tonight is senior night for my daughter. She will play her last volleyball game in our gymnasium. How quickly go the years . . . .

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  6. Dewena Callis says

    October 22, 2013 at 4:37 pm

    Ah, sweet Carly Shetland dozing there. I wonder if sheep have insomnia as they get old and the joints ache at night?

    I have to say that I'm enjoying my old age more than I did my misspent youth. Not that I wouldn't like to go back and do it again, if I could know then what I know now, and know the Lord then as I do now. But I truly appreciate each day now. I wonder what age Herrick was when he wrote this?

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  7. LindaSue says

    October 22, 2013 at 1:46 pm

    James 4:13Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit." 14Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. 15Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that."…

    yep – vapor and appearing for a little while – trust that which is eternal 'cause the rest of this stuff moves past so quickly it is hard to keep our eyes focused!

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  8. Nancy McCarroll says

    October 22, 2013 at 11:55 am

    Definitely time not only has wings on her heels, but also flies like the Concord.

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  9. Dianna says

    October 22, 2013 at 1:44 am

    I'm feeling the same way about time! So much to do and before I know it the week is over.

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  10. Optimistic Existentialist says

    October 22, 2013 at 1:16 am

    This is beautiful. Time really does fly…all the more reason to live in the moment 🙂

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  11. Anonymous says

    October 21, 2013 at 11:46 pm

    I was thinking the other day, I'll be 64 in the early spring… where has (especially the last 20) the time gone?? I remember once hearing an interview of Billy Graham, he was asked what surprised him about life, Billy responded, 'How brief it is.' I concur…

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  12. Pom Pom says

    October 21, 2013 at 11:06 pm

    Ha ha! Yes! Sometimes I'll look at something I own and consider when I bought it, thinking that I haven't had it that long, and I'll realize that ten years have gone by since it was new. Somehow the changing of the seasons makes everything seem new and fresh. Yay!

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  13. NanaNor's says

    October 21, 2013 at 9:51 pm

    Greetings, Time does fly-especially as we age. Sending big hugs and prayers for a mild winter for you on the farm.
    Blessings, Noreen

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  14. Monkeywrangler says

    October 21, 2013 at 9:49 pm

    Indeed…Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

    I still am having problems wrapping my brain around turning 50 in two months.

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