 | 1850 - 524 páginas
...make much of Time," beginning — •' Gather you 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 following "Answer" appeared in a publication not so well known as the Hesperides. I have therefore... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 páginas
...all accomplished, They, weeping, spread a lawny loom, And closed her up, as in a tomb. SONG. Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may,' Old Time is still a flying;...The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race he run, The nearer he's to setting. The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are *varmer;... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 páginas
...cherries grow. GATHER THE ROSE-BUDS. Gather the rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying, And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow...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,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 páginas
...cherries grow. GATHER THE ROSE-BUDS. Gather the rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flylng, And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow...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,... | |
 | Percy Society - 1851 - 454 páginas
...GATHER your rose-buds whilst you may, For time is still a flying, And that same flower which grows to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he is getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer is to setting. That age is best that is... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1851 - 488 páginas
...GATHER your rose-buds whilst you may, For time is still a flying, And that same flower which grows to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he is getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer is to setting. That age is best that is... | |
 | Percy Society - 1851 - 464 páginas
...GATHER your rose-buds whilst you may, For time is still a flying, And that same flower which grows to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he is getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer is to setting. That age is best that is... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 páginas
...were all accomplished, They, weeping, spread a lawny loom, And closed her up, as in a tomb. Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may, Old Time is still a flying...higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, The nearer he's to setting. The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are wanner ; But,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 páginas
...all accomplished, They, weeping, spread a lawny loom, And closed her up, as in a tomb. SONG. Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may, Old Time is still a flying;...higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, The nearer he's to setting. The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood arc warmer; But,... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 páginas
...greatest, so of meanest worth, Conceiv'd with grief are, and with teares brought forth." Song. Gather .ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying;...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.... | |
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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... 
