 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 336 pagina’s
...rose-buds while ye may ; Old Time ig 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... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pagina’s
...Sir C. Sedley LXXXII COUNSEL TO GIRLS Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying : And this same flower that smiles today, Tomorrow will...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,... | |
 | 1861 - 144 pagina’s
...again. Kichard Henry Stoddard. SONG. GATHER ye rose-buds as 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 Bun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. The age... | |
 | 1861 - 356 pagina’s
...sifted and searched in Tain, The undiseoverable secret sleeps. Gather ye rose-buds as ye may, COWPEE. Old time is still a flying. And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will bo dying. HERRIUK. Ere Mirth can well her comedy begin, The tragic demon oft comes thundering in. Confounds... | |
 | 1863 - 438 pagina’s
...Sir C. Sedley LXXXII COUNSEL TO GIRLS * ATHER ye rose-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 'sa getting The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he 's to setting. That age is best which... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pagina’s
...virgin's son. Si'. ENG. UT. 105. Robert Herrick. 1591-1674. (Manual, p. 179.) SONG. Gather the rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying ; And this...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 nearer he's to setting.... | |
 | John Dennis - 1865 - 340 pagina’s
...enjoyment. " While Pate permits us, let's be merry," he exclaims, and in another place : — " Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying...flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying." He is resolved to act on this advice himself, and to make the most of present enjoyment : — " Much,... | |
 | John Dennis - 1865 - 344 pagina’s
...enjoyment. " While Fate permits us, let's be merry," he exclaims, and in another place : — " Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying...same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dj'ing." He is resolved to act on this advice himself, and to make the most of present enjoyment :... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pagina’s
...morning-dew, Ne'er to be found again. SONG. Gather the rose-buds 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 heav'n, the sun, The higher he 's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he 's to setting.... | |
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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... 
