 | 1839 - 56 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...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 race be run, And nearer he's to setting. The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are wanner ; But, being spent, the worse and... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...rose-buds, while ye may, Old Time is still a flying ; And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow on. In familiar description, nothing can be more distinct and agreea a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. The age is best which is the... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 148 pages
...to-day. To-morrow will be dying. j. 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. Thnt age is best which is the first. When youth and blood are warmer I But being spent, the worse and... | |
 | English literature - 1845 - 614 pages
...rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying j And this same ttower that smiles to-day, To-morrow shall lie, And scholars, soldiers, kings, unhonored (tie. Yet think a getting, The sooner will his race be ran, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best, wnich is... | |
 | William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 372 pages
...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 of heaven, the sun,...he's a-getting ; The sooner will his race be run, The nearer he's to setting. That age is best, which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer ;... | |
 | William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 342 pages
...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 of heaven, the sun,...he's a-getting ; The sooner will his race be run, The nearer he's to setting. That age is best, which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer ;... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1914 - 496 pages
...smiles to-day, To morrow will be dying. The glorious of Heaven, the Sun, The higher he is getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, Whilst youth and blood are warmer; Expect not then the last and worst, Time... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1846 - 330 pages
...Rofe-buds while ye may, Old Time is ftill a flying : And this fame flower that fmiles to day, To morrow will be dying. The glorious Lamp of Heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting ; The fooner will his Race be run, And neerer he's to Setting. That Age is beft, which is... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1846 - 324 pages
...Rofe-buds while ye may, Old Time is ftill a flying : And this fame flower that fmiles to day, Xo morrow will be dying. The glorious Lamp of Heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting ; The fooner will his Race be run, And neerer he's to Setting. That Age is beft, which is... | |
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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 sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting.... 
