Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...

474 Fancies and Fantasticks.And taking from them each his flame,With myrtle rods she whipt them ;Which done, to stilltheir wanton cryes,When quiet grown sh'had seen thehijShe kiss'd, and wip'd their Dove-like eyes,And gave the Bag between them*'v/ ^ iitU V/OrlTe make much cf Time..'^\.Gather your Rose-buds whilst you may,Old Time is still a flying ;And that same flower that smiles to dayToo morrow may be dying.The glorious Lamp of Heaven, the Sun,The higher he is getting,The sooner will his race be run,And neerer to his setting.That Ageis best which is the first,When youth, and blood are warmer *And being- spent, the worse and worstTimes still succeed the former.Then be not coy, but use your Time,And while you may, go marry ;For having lost but once your prime,You may for ever tarry.On the Picture of Icarus in Wax.What once did unto thee impartThe means of death, by happy Art