Gather ye Rose-buds…
‘Gather ye Rose-buds 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 neerer 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 forever tarry.’
“To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by English poet Robert Herrick (1648).
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G9 M4/3 mirrorless camera using an Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/7.1, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/50 seconds*
Stretch the Horizon 