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30 days of roses ~ How wonderful.
June 1, 2023
FLOWER FOR JUNE ~ ROSE
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May is an oil painting on canvas created in 1908 by British Pre-Raphaelite artist John William Waterhouse. It was the first 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.
John William Waterhouse
A Tale from the Decameron
Painted in the third year of World War I.
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