1. To The Virgins To Make Much of Time
... to draw the obvious conclusion that our youth is much like the sun, in that our lives represent a certain period of time, a small amount of time for that matter. "The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun/The higher he's a-getting" describes an individual's life as it is reaching its prime years. " ... readers that are still in their youth, Herrick urges them to enjoy their time as adolescents. Herrick advises people in their prime to make the most of their youth that is left; at one point they will become somewhat undesirable in a sexual sense. "Then be not coy, but use your time ... 's mind...
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