 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pages
...did creep A little out, and then, As if they played at Bo-peep, Did soon draw in again.* On her Feet Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still...flower, that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying, f To the Virgins to make much of Time. Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend... | |
 | Pen and pencil pictures - 1866 - 176 pages
...and spend in love's delight The beauty and the joy of their renewed might. Counsel to Girls. ÄTHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying...dying. The glorious Lamp of Heaven, the Sun, The higher he 's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, The nearer he 's to setting. That age is best which... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1866 - 240 pages
...rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is ftill a-flying, And this same ftoiver that smiles to-day, To-morro-iv will be dying. The glorious lamp of Heaven, the Sun,...race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is beft which is the firft, When youth and blood are warmer ; But being spent, the worse, and worft Times... | |
 | 1866 - 344 pages
...is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Be wisely worldly, but not worldly-wise. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still...flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. Attempt the end, and never stand... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...face, I durst no more upon them gaze, llobcrt Dcrrick. GATHER THE ROSE-BUDS. ATHER ye rose-buds as ye may, Old Time is still a-flying ; And this same...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.... | |
 | J. H. - 1867 - 860 pages
...59. TO THE VIRGINS TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME. GATHER ye rosebuds 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. The age is best which is the... | |
 | Percival Frost - 1867 - 236 pages
...languescit moriens. Turn by ' languishing to-morrow will pile the ground with its leaves.' EXERCISE XL The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be done — • The nearer he's to setting. Lamp. Cf. Virg. Ma. vii. 148 : Postera cum prima lustrabat... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 pages
...did creep A little out, and then,1 As if they played at bo-peep, Did soon draw in again. On Her Feet. Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still...same flower, that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying.2 To the Virgins to make much of Time. Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting-stars attend... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1868 - 284 pages
...THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME. jjATHER 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... | |
 | 1896 - 726 pages
...V The form into which Herrick puts this idea and expands it is famous, but will bear quoting again: Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying ; And this same flower (hat smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's... | |
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When 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 prime. 
