 | Ballads, English - 1783 - 356 pages
...Freely wekome to my cup, could'ft thou fip, and fip it up s Make the moft at ist could'ft thou Tip, and fip it up : Make the moft of life you may, Life is Ihort and wears a — way; life you may, Life is Ihort and wears a — way; Life is fliort and wears... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1783 - 360 pages
...thefe alone true wifdom lies, For, to be merry's to be wife. SONG XlX.* BUSY, curious, thirfty Fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Could'fl thou fip and fip it up. Make the moft of life you may, Life isftiort, and wears away. * "... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...paiiion they create, Eternal, combine, § 40. SOH¡. Tí US Y, curious, thirfty fly, •*-* Drink witli me, and drink as I , Freely welcome to my cup, Couldft thou Up and lip it up. Make the molt of life you may, Life is Ihort, and wears away. Both alike are mine... | |
 | Readers - 1803 - 250 pages
...charms beguil'd, He reigns iecure the monarch of the wild.—Idem. FLY. BUSY, curious, thirfty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I: Freely welcome to my cup, Couldft thou lip, and fip it up. Make the mcft of life you may, Life is fhort, and wears away. Both alike are mine... | |
 | William Forsyth - Fruit trees - 1804 - 240 pages
...pine-apple cheese — nor the purest, most excellent Madeira wine. " Busy, curious, thirsty fly, " Drink with me, and drink as I ; " Freely welcome to my cup, " Could'st thou sip — and sip it up ! " The grudgings, indeed, of certain selfish people, would withhold... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...incessantly praise, My soul shall be wrapt in my God ! ORATORIO OF ABEL. THE FLY, BUSY, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I! Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thou sip, and sip it up. Make the most of life you may, Life is short, and wears aw"ay. Both... | |
 | Poetry - 1804 - 184 pages
...wrapt in my God ! ORATORIO OF ABU THE FLY. BUSY, carious, thirfty fly, Drink with me, and drink as Ij Freely welcome to my cup? Couldft thou fip, and fip...are mine and thine, Haft'ning quick to their decline r Thine 'sa fummer, mine 's no more Though repeated to threefcore ; Threefcore fummers, when they rre... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - 1808 - 228 pages
...fppdness still flows, Which decrepit oM age cannot freeze. THE FLY. I. BUSY, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, 'and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Could'st thou sip, and sip it up ; Make the most of life you may, Life is short, and wears away. II.... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - English poetry - 1808 - 398 pages
...fondness still flows, Which decrepit old age cannot freeze. THE FLY. I. JjUSY, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Could'st thou sip, and sip it up ; Make the most of life you may, Life is short, and wears away. II.... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - Translating and interpreting - 1813 - 466 pages
...likewise consonant to the sentiment of the original, has no propriety * Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thou sip, and sip it up ; Make the most of life you may ; Life is short, and wears away ; Both... | |
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Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thou sip and sip it up. Make the most of life you may ; Life is short, and wears away. " Both alike are mine and thine, Hastening quick to their decline ; Thine's... 
