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TO ENJOY THE TIME by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHILE FATES PERMITS US, LET'S BE MERRY
Last Line: WITH THE ROTATION OF THE DAY.
Subject(s): CARPE DIEM;

While Fates permits us, let's be merry;
Passe all we must the fatall Ferry:
And this our life too whirles away,
With the Rotation of the Day.



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