1648 in poetry

To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. — First lines from Robert Herrick's To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time, first published this year Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). rdf:langString