 | Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1810 - 280 pages
...my Lucia's 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 440 pages
...HERRICK. SONG. i . ; i-ui.u the rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying ; And this s»me flower that 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 raee be run. And nearer he's to setting.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 - 1823 - 330 pages
...cheek, (Whose livery ye weare) Play ye at hide or seeke, I'm sure to find ye there. TO 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 will be dying. The glorious lamp... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 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 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... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1824 - 744 pages
...thy (for. MCS CARPE DIEM. GATHTR your rose bnds while you may, Old Time is still a flying ; And that same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be...dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun, The higher he is getting ; The sooner w'.ll his race be run, And nearer comes the setting. l'layf(ird"$ Introduction... | |
 | Robert Herrick - Elegiac poetry, English - 1825 - 334 pages
...Within" my Lucia's cheek, (Whose livery ye weare) Play ye at hide or seeke, I'm sure to find ye there. 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 will be dying. The glorious lamp... | |
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The nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer ; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry : For having lost but... 
