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TO BE MERRY

by Robert Herrick

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.




Quotes of the Day

I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right.

• Maya Angelou



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