 | 1805 - 948 pages
...have ai short a spring; A^ quick a growth to meet Decay. As you, or anv thing. We die, As your hourt do, and dry Away, Like to the Summer's rain ; Or as the pearls of Morning'* dew, Ne'er to be found again.* Page 144. " The cultivation of descriptive poetry had, during the prior... | |
 | Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1810 - 280 pages
...measure too is admirably adapted to the strain. As quick a growth to meet decays As you, or any thing : We die, As your hours do; and dry Away Like to the summer's rain, Or as the pearls of morning dew Ne'er to be found again. CVIII. UPON A LADY THAT DIED IN CHILDBED, AND LEFT A DAUGHTER BEHIND HER... | |
 | 1847 - 648 pages
...attain'd his noon : Stay, stay, Until the hastening day Has run But to the even-song ; And having pray'd together, we Will go with you along! We have short...to the summer's rain, Or as the pearls of morning dew, Ne'er to be found again. III. — THE SUCCESSION OF THE FOUR SWEET MONTHS. FIRST, April, she with... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 392 pages
...to stay, as you ; We have as short a spring, As quick a growth to meet decay, As you, or any thing: We die, As your hours do ; and dry Away Like to the summer's rain, Or as the pearls of morning dew Ne'er to be found again." To Primroses, JiUed with Morning Dev. " Why do ye weep, sweet babes ?... | |
 | Books - 1822 - 384 pages
...to stay, as you ; We have as short a spring, As quick a growth to meet decay, As you, or any thing : We die, As your hours do ; and dry Away Like to the summer's rain, Or as the pearls of morning dew Ne'er to be found again." To Primroses, filled with Morning Dew. " Why do ye weep, sweet babes?... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 pages
...time to stay as you ; We have as short a spring, As quick a growth to meet decay As you or any thing: We die As your hours do, and dry Away Like to the summer's rain, Or as the pearls of morning dew, Ne'er to be found again. HERRICK. PRIVATE LIFE. H JWoral 3JU)aj>sofcn. BLESS'D groves! bless'd... | |
 | S. Waring - Botany - 1827 - 122 pages
...time to stay as you, We have as short a spring ; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing: We die As your hours do; and dry Away Like to the summer's rain, Or, as the pearls of morning dew, »e'er to be found again. Peziza coccinea. Jew's-ears. Cryptogamia. Hoot short, white within.... | |
 | 1832 - 206 pages
...to stay, as you ; We have as short a spring, As quick a growth to meet decay, As you, or any thing : We die, As your hours do ; and dry Away Like to the -summer's rain, Or as the pearls of morning dew, Ne'er to be found again. I WANDERED lonely, as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 276 pages
...growth to meet decay, As you- or any thing : We die, As your leaves do ; and dry Away Like to the summer rain, Or as the pearls of morning de^v Ne'er to be found again. It is to be regretted that the productions of this pleasing writer should ever be disfigured... | |
 | Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hastening day Has run — But to the even song ; And having pray'd together, we Will go with you along! " We have short...to the summer's rain, Or as the pearls of morning dew, Ne'er to be found again." We have now the great jonquil, and the scented jonquil, with its rich... | |
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FAIR daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon ; As yet the early-rising sun Has not attained his noon : Stay, stay, Until the hastening day Has run But to the even-song ; And having prayed together, we Will go with you along ! We have short time... 
