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" To Daisies, Not To Shut So Soon

Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night
Has not as yet begun
To make a seizure on the light,
Or to seal up the sun.

No marigolds yet closed are;
No shadows great appear;
Nor doth the early shepherds' star
Shine like a spangle here.

Stay but till my Julia close
Her life-begetting eye,
And let the whole world then dispose
Itself to live or die. "

Robert Herrick


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Robert Herrick quote : To Daisies, Not To Shut So Soon<br /><br />Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night<br />Has not as yet begun<br />To make a seizure on the light,<br />Or to seal up the sun.<br /><br />No marigolds yet closed are;<br />No shadows great appear;<br />Nor doth the early shepherds' star<br />Shine like a spangle here.<br /><br />Stay but till my Julia close<br />Her life-begetting eye,<br />And let the whole world then dispose<br />Itself to live or die.