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" Tis time to live if I grow old. 'Tis time short pleasures now to take, Of little life the best to make, And manage wisely the last stake. "
The Works of Anacreon, and Sappho: Done from the Greek, by Several Hands ... - Page 13
by Anacreon - 1713 - 89 pages
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Wesley Anecdotes ...

John Telford - 1885 - 172 pages
...application of his own : — " Oft am I by woman told, Poor Anacreon ! thou grow'st old ; See, thine hairs are falling all : Poor Anacreon ! how they fall ! Whether I grow old or no By these signs, I do not know ; But this I need not to be told, Tis time to live, if I grow old." Last...
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The American Library of Art, Literature and Song, Volume 2

1886 - 552 pages
...FROM THE GREEK OF ANACREON. OFT am I by the women told, " Poor Anacreon, thou growest old ; Look ! how thy hairs are falling all ! Poor Anacreon, how they fall !" Whether I grow old or no By the effects I do not know. This I know without being told : 'Tis time to live if I grow old ; 'Tis...
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The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three ..., Volume 2

Henry Coppée - 1895 - 552 pages
...FROM THE GREEK OF ANACREON. OFT am I by the women told, " Poor Anacreon, thou growest old; Look ! how thy hairs are falling all ! Poor Anacreon, how they fall !" Whether I grow old or no BV the effects I do not know. This I know without being told : 'Tis time to live if I grow old ; 'Tis...
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The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three ..., Volume 2

Henry Coppée - 1900 - 588 pages
...FROM THE GREEK OF ANACREON. OFT am I by the women told, " Poor Anacreon, thou growest old; Look ! how thy hairs are falling all ! Poor Anacreon, how they fall !" Whether I grow old or no By the effects I do not know. This I know without being told: 'Tis time to live if I grow old ; 'Tis time...
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International Library of Masterpieces, Literature, Art and Rare ..., Volume 1

Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 456 pages
...AGE. (Cowley's Translation.) OFT am I by the women told, Poor Anacreon, thou grow'st old! Look how thy hairs are falling all; Poor Anacreon, how they...effects I do not know; This I know, without being told, 'T is time to live, if I grow old; 'T is time short pleasures now to take, Of little life the best...
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The World's Great Masterpieces: History, Biography, Science ..., Volume 1

1901 - 654 pages
...Translation.) OFT am I by the women told, Poor Anacreon, thou grow'st old I Look how thy hairs are fallmg all ; Poor Anacreon, how they fall! Whether I grow...effects I do not know ; This I know, without being told, ' I" is time to live, if I grow old ; 'T is time short pleasures now to take, Of little life the best...
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Life of William Kimbrough Pendleton: LL. D., President of Bethany College

Frederick Dunglison Power - 1903 - 554 pages
...his own the lines of Anacreon: "Oft am I by woman told, Poor Anacreon! Thou grow'st old: See, thine hairs are falling all: Poor Anacreon! How they fall! Whether I grow old or no, By these signs I do not know; But this I need not to be told 'Tis time to live if I grow old!" All men...
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Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-Dryden

Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 530 pages
...[kng. Poets, vii. 189] : — ' Oft am I by the women told, Poor Anacreon ! thou growest old ; Look how thy hairs are falling all ; Poor Anacreon, how they...know, without being told, 'Tis time to live if I grow old.' 'My father," the son adds, 'was much struck by Wesley's reverend appearance and his cheerful...
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Poems: Miscellanies, The Mistress, Pindarique Odes, Davideis, Verses Written ...

Abraham Cowley - 1905 - 484 pages
...the Body can they fly? V. Age. OFt am I by the Women told, Poor Anacreon thou grow'st old. Look how thy hairs are falling all ; Poor Anacreon how they fall ? Whether I grow old or no, By th'effects I do not know. This I know without being told, 'Tis Time to Live if I grow Old, 'Tis time...
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Poems: Miscellanies, The Mistress, Pindarique Odes, Davideis, Verses Written ...

Abraham Cowley - 1905 - 484 pages
...the Body can they fly ? V. Age. O Ft am I by the Women told, Poor Anacreon thou grow'st old. Look how thy hairs are falling all ; Poor Anacreon how they fall ? Whether I grow old or no, By th'effecls I do not know. This I know without being told, 'Tis Time to Live if I grow Old, 'Tis time...
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