 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 pagina’s
...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 a flying;...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 arc warmer; But,... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pagina’s
...greatest, so of meanest worth, Conceiv'd with grief are, and with teares brought forth." Song. Gather .ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying;...to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heav'n, the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And neerer he's to setting.... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 580 pagina’s
...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 a flying; And this same flower that smiles to-day, The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be nra, The... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1852 - 744 pagina’s
...the glory To live remember'd in your story ! D8 XCIII. TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME. Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying : And this same flower, that smiles to-daj ; To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a getting ;... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 pagina’s
...lamentations and anathemas.— O.] 284 286 SONO. GATHER ye rose-buds, while ye may, Old Time is etill a flying ; And this same flower that smiles to-day,...dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he 'sa getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he 's to setting. The age is best which... | |
 | Frederick Edward Gretton - 1853 - 152 pagina’s
...VIBGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME. VII. Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying : And this same flower, that smiles to-day, To-morrow...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... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pagina’s
...Cloudland. MACKAY. 20 GATHER YE HOSE-BUDS. GATHER ye Kose-buds 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 'aa getting ; The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he 's to setting. That age is best, which... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 pagina’s
...OF THEIR TIME. GATHER the rosebuds — while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying, And this «ате flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying....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. Then be not coy, but use your... | |
 | 1855 - 834 pagina’s
...church and served well to round the periods of Puritan lamentations and anathemas.— 0.] SONG. GATHER ye rose-buds, while ye may, Old Time is still a flying...dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, 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... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1855 - 296 pagina’s
...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 a flying...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... | |
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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... 
