Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May

Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May

~ John William Waterhouse
(6 April 1849 — 10 February 1917)
English Pre-Raphaelite painter, most famous
for his paintings of female characters from
Greek and Arthurian mythology.

Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May is an oil painting on canvas created in 1909 by British Pre-Raphaelite artist, John William Waterhouse. It was the second of two paintings inspired by the 17th century poem “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick which begins:

“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.”

To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time is a poem written by Robert Herrick in the 17th century. The poem is in the genre of carpe diem, Latin for seize the day.

~cave canem~ vvvv

~ by the Dead Dog Barking on 11/21/2010.