 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 - Page 56by Charles Granville Gepp - 1880 - 142 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 372 pages
...heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting ; The sooner will his race be run, The 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. K. Herrick. XXI. Carpe Шет. CAKPITK dum fas est, nee inepti lusibus anni,... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 340 pages
...heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting ; The sooner will his race be run, The 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. R. Herrick. XXI. Bt'em. CAKIMTE duni fas est, nee inepti lusibus anui, Carpite... | |
 | Hannah J. Woodman - 1846 - 226 pages
...heaven, tne sun, The higher he 'sa 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 Time shall succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry ; For... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...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...are warmer ; But, being spent, the worse, and worst Time shall succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry ; For,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the flrst, ; Time shall succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry ; For,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 710 pages
...heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. 849 Time shall succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry ; For,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pages
...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...are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Tune shall succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry; For,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 600 pages
...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...are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Time shall succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry ; For,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1851 - 596 pages
...the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race he run, The nearer he's to setting. The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are *varmer; But, being spent, the worse and worse Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1852 - 744 pages
...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. xciv. UPON HIS GREY HAIRS. Fly me not, though I be gray Lady, this I know you'll... | |
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