TO BE MERRY.
by Robert Herrick


       LET'S now take our time
       While we're in our prime,
And old, old age is afar off :
       For the evil, evil days
       Will come on apace,
Before we can be aware of.


Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 84.
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