 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying, And this same flower that smiles to-day, Tomorrow 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....  An Introduction to Poetry - Page 325by Jay Broadus Hubbell, John Owen Beaty - 1922 - 524 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1830 - 428 pages
...still a-Bying; And this same (lower that smiles to-day, To-morrow may be dying. • The glorious I amp of heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a-getting. The...race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age it best which is the first. When youth and blood are warmer ; But being spent, the worse and worst... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Linwood - College verse - 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...he's a-getting ; The sooner will his race be run, The nearer he's to setting. That age is best, which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer ;... | |
 | William Linwood - College verse - 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...he's a-getting ; The sooner will his race be run, The nearer he's to setting. That age is best, which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer ;... | |
 | William Linwood - College verse - 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...he's a-getting ; The sooner will his race be run, The nearer he's to setting. That age is best, which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer ;... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting, thout book, Time shall succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry ; For,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...honey yields, but never stings. To Ле Virgin», to make muck of Лаг Time. Gather the rose-buds, a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting, ers Time shall succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry ; For,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...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...are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Tune shall succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry; For,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 pages
...plantations fully show All the year where cherries grow. GATHER THE ROSE-BUDS. Gather the rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying, And this...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... | |
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