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Oil on canvas, 100 × 83 cm (39.37 × 32.68 in), private collection

Inspired by the 17th century poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick.

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

Tags: waterhouse, gather, rosebuds, 1909, women, flowers, carpe diem, pre-raphaelite