George Herbert Quote

I made a posy while the day ran by:
Here will I smell my remnant out, and tie
My life within this band.
But Time did beckon to the flowers, and they
By noon most cunningly did steal away,
And withered in my hand.


'Life' (1633)


I made a posy while the day ran by: Here will I smell my remnant out, and tie My life within this band. But Time did beckon to the flowers, and they...

I made a posy while the day ran by: Here will I smell my remnant out, and tie My life within this band. But Time did beckon to the flowers, and they...

I made a posy while the day ran by: Here will I smell my remnant out, and tie My life within this band. But Time did beckon to the flowers, and they...

I made a posy while the day ran by: Here will I smell my remnant out, and tie My life within this band. But Time did beckon to the flowers, and they...