[转帖]给少女的劝告

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TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME
　　
　　                  Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
　　
　　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 hes 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 nor coy, but use your time,
　　
　　And while ye may, go marry:
　　
　    For having lost but once your prime,
　　
　　You may for ever tarry.