Study for Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May  1909

Sanguine on Paper
“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…. ...That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former.” Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May by Robert Herrick