 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....  Landmarks of English Literature - Page 76by Henry James Nicoll - 1889 - 460 pagesFull view - About this book
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 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pages
...melody and pleasure ; as when he sings — Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time la still a flying; And this same flower that blooms to-day, To-morrow...verses to Anthea, concluding — Thou art my life, my lore, my heart, The very eyos of me ; And hut command of every part. To lire and die for thee. But... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 342 pages
...vivere lustro. Tu vero faustos quicunque voles hymenaeos, Aspice in octavo qualis sit Delia lustro. XX. GATHER ye 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 heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 372 pages
...vivere lustro. Tu vero faustos quicunque voles hymenœos, Aspice in octavo qualis sit Delia lustro. XXI. GATHER ye 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 heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 340 pages
...lustro. Tu vero faustos quicunque voles hymenasos, Aspice in octavo qualis sit Delia lustro. XX. GATHEK ye 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 heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...honey yields, but never stings. To Ле Virgin», to make muck of Лаг Time. Gather the rose-buds, smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 452 pages
...the difference between truth and falsehood, but from being too indolent to examine the difference. Herrick, if we were to fix our eyes on a small portion...flower that blooms to-day, To-morrow will be dying." * [Told on the authority of Dryden. (Maloue, vol. iv. p. 612.) YetBurnet, Joseph Warton, and Johnson... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 468 pages
...between truth and falsehood, but from being: too indolent to examine the difference. Herrick, if O " we were to fix our eyes on a small portion of his...flower that blooms to-day, To-morrow will be dying." * [Told on the authority of Dryden. (Malone, vol. iv. p. 6 1 2.) Yet Burnet, Joseph Warton, and Johnson... | |
 | 1850 - 524 pages
...efiusion of Herrick " to the Virgins, to make much of Time," beginning — •' Gather you 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 following "Answer" appeared in a publication not so well... | |
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