Q: 'Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.' This is the opening line of a popular lyric written by Robert Herrick. Which of the following?
a) Cavalier women
b) Caroline women
c) Shaftesbury
d) Counsel to Girls
Correct answer: d) Counsel to Girls
'Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.' by Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick was born on 24 August 1591 and he died on 15 October 1674. He was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. His poem begins with the well-known lines, “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, / Old time is still a-flying", these lines referring to the "Counsel to Girls". A young women should make the most of their youth and loveliness because it will not for long-lasting. He emphasizes the transitory nature of youth and beauty as he compares the young women to flowers which bloom one day and wilt the next. He urges the virgins to marry while they are young and desirable.
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