 | David Lester Richardson - 1855 - 296 oldal
...Canto XII. (a) Perhaps Robert Herrick had these stanzas in his mind's ear when he wrote his song of Gather ye rosebuds while ye may Old time is still...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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 oldal
...rites were all accomplished, They, weeping, spread a lawny loom, And closed her up, as in a tomb. SONG. Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may, Old Time is still...flower that smiles to-day. To-morrow will be dying. J The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run,... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 oldal
...And sent'st it back to me ; Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. 796. Gather ye rose-buds while ye may ; Old Time is still...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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1857 - 396 oldal
...rites were all accomplished, They, weeping, spread a lawny loom, And closed her up as in a tomb. SONG. Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may, Old Time is still...To-morrow will be dying, The glorious lamp of heaven, the surf The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race he run, The nearer he's to setting. The age... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 oldal
...rose-buds while ye may ; Old Time is still a-flying ; And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow may 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." It was to this poet, Robert... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 oldal
...play Around my Highland home. Then gang, &c. GATHER YE ROSEBUD8. E. HBBBICK.] [ifuiic by JP KNIGHT. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may ; Old Time is still...dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a getting, . The sooner will hi& race be run, And nearer he's to setting. Then gather, &c. That... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1859 - 660 oldal
...ye weare) Play ye at hide or seeke, I'm sure to find ye there. TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME. GATHER ye rose-buds while ye may, Old time is still...dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, That age is best, which is the first, When youth and... | |
 | England - 1860 - 532 oldal
...more to revisit my Cloudland. MACKAT. GATHER ye Kose-budg while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow...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... | |
 | William Allingham - 1860 - 316 oldal
...TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME. ATHER ye rosebuds while ye may ! Old Tune is still a-flying : And this same flower, that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sunv The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 370 oldal
...to-day To-morrow will be dying. 2 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. 3 The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer ; But being spent, the worse... | |
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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... 
