A Single Rose

Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.

Robert Herrick (1591–1674), English lyric poet and Anglican cleric

** Apologies for any confusion - somehow I posted my Abstract Thursday ‘Lines’ blip under today’s date instead of Thursday 10th July, which I’ve now corrected **