👁 YHoult YHoult Member Japanese - Japan quote Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old time is still a-flying, And this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying. unquote (Robert Herrick "To The Virgins, To Make Much Of Time") Could you tell me what "old time" here means?
quote Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old time is still a-flying, And this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying. unquote (Robert Herrick "To The Virgins, To Make Much Of Time") Could you tell me what "old time" here means?
👁 entangledbank entangledbank Senior Member London English - South-East England I understand that as personification of time. Time has been around for a long time, so it is old. Time is depicted in English or European tradition as Old Father Time, an old man carrying a scythe (for harvesting people's lives).
I understand that as personification of time. Time has been around for a long time, so it is old. Time is depicted in English or European tradition as Old Father Time, an old man carrying a scythe (for harvesting people's lives).
