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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

1 January 2013

Welcome to the new year everyone!
Hope we've all held up well from last night, and that our alcohol has finally turned back into blood.

Today's Quota is a great one to ring in the new year.
It's a poem by Robert Herrick titled To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time.
It's short, but such a strong piece. The first paragraph is particularly quotable.

It's a poem that encourages us to find romance while we're young, to gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
It's an omen to abstain from hesitation, so strike while the iron is hot. Advice to young lovers.
However, this mantra can also be applied to many other things; and the best way to start is on the first of January.
Seize the day, and place no trust in tomorrow.

Robert Herrick was a 17th Century Romantic poet, and the Romanticism is very evident in this piece. His other words are definitely worth checking out too.
Those of you that have read Keats will find similarities.

This was YOLO before it wasn't cool.

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