I doubt this blog will be updated for a while since I am incredibly busy with my third year of university. In the meantime, enjoy the poem To The Virgins, To Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674):
Gather ye rose-buds while ye may:
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun,
The higher he's a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he's to setting.
That age is best, which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times, still succeed the former.
--Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry;
For having lost but once your prime,
You may for ever tarry.
Haha!! Do you know Chinese as well, Christian? (I would not be surprised).
ReplyDeleteI just stopped by to say something on the topic of Gainsbourg: get "Poinconneur des Lilas" and LEARN the lyrics. Best time ever. And it's educational.