TO ENJOY THE TIME.
by Robert Herrick


WHILE Fates permit us let's be merry,
Pass all we must the fatal ferry ;
And this our life too whirls away
With the rotation of the day.



Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 215.


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