Bacchae

The famous Robert Herrick poem "To the Virgins" reminded me very much of Dionysus and those who followed in his image. I like to think that Dionysus and those like him, Elvis, Jim Morrison, James Dean, anyone, would have had a very 'carpe diem' outlook on life. They lived in the present, or at times the past, but never the future. Never worried, just living and enjoying.

GATHER ye rosebuds 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.