 | Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...all such as she." TIME. ROBERT HERRICK. 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... | |
 | 1828 - 454 pages
...VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIIEIH TIME. iGather 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 be'* to setting. That age is best which is the... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...for thee. HERRICK. SONG TO THE VIRGINS. 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. That age is best which is the... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1823 - 330 pages
...THE VIRGIN'S, 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-day, To-morrow...glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, That age is best, which is the lir.it. When youth and blood... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...for thee. HERRICK. SONG TO THE VIRGINS. 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, That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood... | |
 | Robert Herrick - Elegiac poetry, English - 1825 - 334 pages
...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-day, To-morrow...glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And neerer he's to setting. ' That age is best, which is... | |
 | Charles Granville Gepp - English poetry - 1830 - 194 pages
...to line 3. EXERCISE LXXXIV. (HerricK). 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, The nearer he's to setting. Stanza I. 1, 2. Gather flowers,... | |
 | Garland - English poetry - 1836 - 246 pages
...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-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... | |
 | Books - 1839 - 658 pages
...generally passes for poetry. ' TO THE VIRGINS. TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME. Gather ye rose-buds while you may ; Old Time is still aflying ; And this same flower,...lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's agetting, VOL. u. (1839). NO. ii. x The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...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...best which is the first, When youth and blood are wanner ; But, being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. TO MEADOWS. FAIR daffodils,... | |
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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.... 
