 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 σελίδες
...played at Bo-peep, Did soon draw in again. To the Virgins to make much of Time. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying, And this...flower, that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying.* N!ght Piece to Julia. Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee ;. And the elves... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1857 - 396 σελίδες
...And closed her up as in a tomb. SONG. 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 surf The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race he run, The nearer he's to setting. The age... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 σελίδες
...sportiveness, as in the first stanzas of that light lyric. of Herrick's : — " Gather the rose-buds while ye may ; Old Time is still a-flying ; And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow may be dying. " The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he "s a-getting The sooner will his... | |
 | Henry Hegart Breen - 1857 - 336 σελίδες
...are a kind of prayers." Sutler. " 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." Herrick. " For men as resolute appear With too much as too little fear." Sutler. " Th' extremes of... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 594 σελίδες
...plantations tally 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... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 σελίδες
...ROSEBUD8. E. HBBBICK.] [ifuiic by JP KNIGHT. 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 hi& race be run, And nearer he's to setting. Then gather, &c. That age... | |
 | England - 1860 - 532 σελίδες
...exile forlorn, Weary, weary, and worn, Never more to revisit my Cloudland. MACKAT. GATHER ye Kose-budg 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... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 336 σελίδες
...rose-buds while ye may ; Old Time ig still a-flying ; And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow may be dying. " The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,...will his race be run And nearer he's to setting." It was to this poet, Robert Herrick, that English verse owes some of its most graceful and musical... | |
 | William Allingham - 1860 - 316 σελίδες
...upon his wrist. HOOD. TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME. ATHER ye rosebuds while ye may ! Old Tune is still a-flying : And this same flower, that smiles...To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sunv The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 364 σελίδες
...his verse is exceedingly musical—his lines not only move but dance. SONG. 1 Gather the rose-buds, while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying ; And this...flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. 2 The glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run,... | |
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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying, And this same flower that smiles to-day, Tomorrow will be dying. 
