 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....  The Onlooker - Page 191902Full view - About this book
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 912 pages
...youth and blood are warmer ; But being spent, the worse, and wont Times shall succeed the former. 4. Then be not coy, but use your time ; And while ye...marry : For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. TJie Night-piece, to Julia. J. Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 456 pages
...youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times shall succeed the former. •4. Then be not coy, but use your time ; And while ye may, go marry : <R»r having lost but once your prime, You may forever tarry. The Night-piece, to Julia. I. Her eyes... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1810 - 280 pages
...youth and blood are warmer ; But, being spent, the worse; and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time ; And while ye...marry : For, having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. LXXIlt. TO THE LARK. GOOD speed, for I this day Betimes my mattins say ; Because I... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1810 - 278 pages
...youth and blood are warmer; But, being spent, the worse; and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time ; And while ye may, go marry : For, having lost but once your primef You may for ever tarry. LXXm. TO THE LARK. GOOD speed, for I this day Betimes my mattins say... | |
 | 1813 - 410 pages
...When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse and worst Time still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may,...having lost but once your prime, You may forever tarry. THE PORT O' DREAMS. (In Army and Navy Journal.) It is just beyond the sky-line With its poppy-fields... | |
 | 1817 - 524 pages
...the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while you may, go marry ; For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. On the Picture of Icarus in Wax. What once did unto thee impart The means of death,... | |
 | Sir John Mennes - 1817 - 568 pages
...the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your Time, And while you may, go marry ; For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. On the Picture of Icarus in Wax. Now thee restores to life again ; Yet still remember... | |
 | 1828 - 454 pages
...youth and blood are warmer ; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times thill succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may,...marry ; For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. HIS WISH TO PRIVACY. Give me a cell To dwell Where no foot hath A path : There will... | |
 | 1821 - 542 pages
...and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And, whilst ye may, so marry; For having lost but once your prime, You may forever tarry. SONNET. Dispregiator di quanta 'I mondo brama. Petrarch. How blest is lie who for the love of gain,... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...youth and blood are warmer; But, being spent, the worse : and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time ; And, while ye...marry : For, having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. HERRICK. SONG. WHEN Fanny, blooming fair, First caught my ravish'd sight, Struck with... | |
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