THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS 
II. 
We have short time to stay as ye, 
We have as fleet a spring. 
As quick a growth to meet .decay 
As you or anything : 
We die 
As your hours do, arid dry 
Away, 
Like to the summer’s rain, 
Or as the pearls of morning’s dew, 
Ne’er to be found again. 
Herrick. 
