 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 912 pàgines
...of his poetry jnay be acceptable. To e To the Virgins, to make much of lime. 1. 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. 2. The glorious lamp of Heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting;... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1810 - 280 pàgines
...cheek, Whose livery ye wear, Play ye at hide or seek, I'm sure to find ye there. LXXH. TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME. GATHER, ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying ; POEM LXXII.] This is perhaps the sweetest of onr poet's lyrick effusions ; to point it oat to the... | |
 | 1821 - 542 pàgines
...genuine descendant from that of Anacreon, as the following song will testify. Gather the rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying; And this same flower that smiles to-dav To-morrow will be dying. The glorious light of heav'n, the sun, The higher he's a getting, The... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 470 pàgines
...eyes of me ; And hast command of every part, To live and die for thee. HERRICK. SONG TO THE VIRGINS. GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still...flower, that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glprious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pàgines
...he has occasionally shewn a pretty flowery and pastoral gale of fancy." SONG. GATHER the rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying ; And this...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 setting.... | |
 | Poor Humphrey's calendar - 1828 - 60 pàgines
...9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 0 CERTAIN DAYS. NlCOMEDE. To Virgins. Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still...And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow may be dying. BONIFACE. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pàgines
...Pastorals are the pastorals of nature.] TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME. ROBERT IIERRICK. Born 1591. 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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 390 pàgines
...things of greatest, so of meanest worth, Conceiv'd with grief are, and with teares brought forth." GATHER ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still...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 neerer he's to setting.... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 336 pàgines
...That things of greatest, so of meanest worth, Concciv'd with grief are, and with teares brought forth. GATHER ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still...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 neerer he's to setting.... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1837 - 572 pàgines
...shall have become general. Old Herrick's stanza will then be every one's motto : " Gather the rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying, And this same flovv'r that smiles lo day, To-morrow will be dying." The two last lines, by the way, are striking... | |
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To THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today, Tomorrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting. The sooner will his race... 
