Then be not coy, but use your time; And while ye may, go marry For having lost but once… — Robert Herrick

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.

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Herrick, Robert. "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." The Cavalier Poets: An Anthology, edited by Thomas Crofts. Dover Publications, 1995.
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Herrick, Robert. "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." Hesperides; or the Works both Human and Divine of Robert Herrick Esq. London: John Williams, 1648.