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To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
by Robert Herrick

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.

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coy(a.)>>pretending to be shy or modest

prime(n.)>>state of highest perfection; the best part

tarry(v.)>>linger

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‧很明顯的這首詩第一段指出主題
在談論"有花堪折直須折，莫待無花空折枝"
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
    Old time is still a-flying :
And this same flower that smiles today
    Tomorrow will be dying."

‧第二段也是在講光陰--太陽在跑步，他跑的越高，也越快接近日落

‧第三段，要大家在年輕、熱血(??)的時候，盡量的使用時間，因為時間到頭來總是贏家
"Times still succeed the former."

‧乍看之下好像是一偏要人珍惜光陰的詩，但其實事實上是在奉勸年輕女孩早點嫁出去...
"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."
什麼跟什麼＝　＝＂？？？
唉，詩人的心思真是難以揣測啊！