Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, by John William Waterhouse
John Boyle O'Reilly
O THE rare spring flowers! take them as they come:
Do not wait forsummer buds—they may never bloom.
Every sweet to-day sends, we are wise to save;
Roses bloom for pulling: the path is to the grave.
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