In the first stanza of this piece the speaker begins his directions to the virgins mentioned in the title of the poem.
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PNG. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may is the first line from the poem to the virgins, to make much of time by robert herrick. Get married while you can.
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This poem portrays our existence on earth, and that people age as life goes on, and everything becomes boundless. The opening line gather ye rosebuds while ye may echoes the latin phrase collige, virgo, rosas (gather, girl, the roses), which appears at the end of the poem de rosis nascentibus, also called idyllium de rosis, attributed to ausonius or virgil. That age is best which is the first, when youth and blood are warmer;
In this scene english teacher john keating inspires his students to a love of poetry and urges them to seize the day.
'gather ye rosebuds while ye may': Gather ye rosebuds while ye may phrase. That age is best which is the first, when youth and blood are warmer; That age is best which is the first, when youth and blood are warmer;