 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 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...  Progressive Exercises in Latin Elegiac Verse - Page 56by Charles Granville Gepp - 1871Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...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 - Serial publications - 1837 - 572 pages
...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... | |
 | 1837 - 536 pages
...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 flow'r that smiles to day, To-morrow will be dying." The two last lines, by the way, are striking and... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - 1838 - 542 pages
...garden, has great merit, and has been said to have suggested Herrick's delightful song commencing " Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying." It is written with perfect melody, and runs over the theme with a rapid, easy grace: " Love is the... | |
 | 1839 - 56 pages
...silvei-y feet, My soul I will pour into thee. PORTION OP A SONG. BY THE SAME. Gather the rose-buds while ye may, Old time is still a flying- ; And this...dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he,sa getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he,s to setting. LINES. BY MA YN E . Time... | |
 | Books - 1839 - 658 pages
...THE VIRGINS. TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME. Gather ye rose-buds while you may ; Old Time is still aflying ; And this same flower, that smiles to-day, To-morrow...glorious 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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...and beastly writer.' Jones' A ttemptt in Verie, p. 85 ; uc-o also Quar. Rev. vol. Iv. p. 1/1.] SONG. GATHER ye rose-buds, while ye may, Old Time is still...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 first, When youth and blood are warmer ; But... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...Viiyitu, to make much of thci,' Time. Gather the rose-buds, while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying, Ami not siiiî ! 0 leave thy cares and follies ! Go this...And thou art sure to prosper all the day. Serve God And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are wanner ;... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1844 - 846 pages
...very heart, and where lie frolics like a being made up of melody and pleasure ; as when he sings — to do thee. By what authority didst thou execute This bloody sentence ? Bos. By yours. blooms to-day, To-morrow will be dying. In the same spirit are his verses to Anthea, concluding —... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 148 pages
...should from her full lips derive, Honey enough to fill his hive. , TO THE ViROINS, TO HAKE MUCH OF TIME. Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying ; And this same flower th.it smiles to-day. To-morrow will be dying. j. The glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun, The higher he's... | |
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