 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
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 440 pages
...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 - 344 pages
...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 - 152 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. Herrick. VII. Into ELEGIACS. Gather, ye Nymphs, while it may be allowed you,... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 pages
...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 - 560 pages
...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 - 834 pages
...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 - 444 pages
...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 - 580 pages
...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 - 296 pages
...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 - 384 pages
...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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