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.... Progressive Exercises in Latin Elegiac Verse - Strana 56podľa Charles Granville Gepp - 1830 - Počet stránok 142Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - Počet stránok 438
...the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And neerer he's to setting. The age is best which is the first, . When youth and blood...Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, goe marry ; For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. 80 Quarles. uarle s. Francis... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - Počet stránok 344
...the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, The nearer he's to setting. The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are wanner ; But, being spent, the worse and worse Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but... | |
| Frederick Edward Gretton - 1853 - Počet stránok 152
...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...may, go marry : For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. Herrick. VII. Into ELEGIACS. Gather, ye Nymphs, while it may be allowed you,... | |
| Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - Počet stránok 646
...heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. 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. Eobert Herrick, a lyric poet of great eminence, lived from 1591 to a late period... | |
| 1853 - Počet stránok 560
...the Sun, The higher he 'aa 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 wanner ; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times, still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but... | |
| 1855 - Počet stránok 834
...the sun, The higher he 'ea getting, The sooner will his race he run, And nearer he's to setting. The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood...are warmer ; But being spent, the worse and worst Tunos still succeed the former. Then lie not coy, but use your time, And, whilst ye may, go marry ;... | |
| Drawing-room sibyl - 1855 - Počet stránok 464
...GENTLEMAN. 66 You will spend your coming hours Drinking wine, and crown'd with flowers. Herrick. LADY. 66 Be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry ; For having lost but once your prime, You will for ever tarry. Herrick. 67 The world's bright bonds may be thy lot ; Thine shall the dazzling... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - Počet stránok 580
...the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, The nearer he's to setting. The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But, being spent, the worse and worse Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And, while ye may, go many;... | |
| David Lester Richardson - 1855 - Počet stránok 296
...time is still a flying ; And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. * * ' * * Then be not coy, but use your time ; And while ye may, so marry : For having lost but once your prime You may for ever tarry. The wearie traveller, wandring... | |
| Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - Počet stránok 384
...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...may, go marry ; For, having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. 797. Sing to Apollo, god of day, Whose golden beams with morning play, And... | |
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