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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.... "
Three centuries of English poetry: selections from Chaucer to Herrick, with ... - Page 380
edited by - 1876 - 391 pages
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Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of ..., Volume 3

Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1807 - 456 pages
...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, And nearer he's to...are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times shall succeed the former. •4. Then be not coy, but use your time ; And while ye may, go marry...
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Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions ..., Volumes 3-4

Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliographical literature - 1807 - 912 pages
...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, And nearer he's to setting ! 3. That age is best, which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer ; But being spent, the worse,...
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Select Poems from the Hesperides: Or, Works Both Human and Divine

Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1810 - 280 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...are warmer ; But, being spent, the worse; and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time ; And while ye may, go marry : For,...
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Accepted Addresses; Or, Proemium Poetarum: To which are Added, Macbeth ...

Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...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. The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse and...
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Musarum Deliciae: Or, the Muses Recreation, Contening Severall ..., Volume 2

Sir John Mennes - 1817 - 568 pages
...Lamp of Heaven, the Sun, The higher he is getting, The sooner will his race be run, And neerer to his setting. That Age is best which is the first, When youth, and blood are warmer ; And being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your...
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Facetiae. Musarum Deliciae: Epigrams

English poetry - 1817 - 524 pages
...lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he is getting, The sooner will his race be run, And neerer to his setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth, and blood are wanner ; And being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but...
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 8

1828 - 454 pages
...lamp of heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer be'* to setting. That age is best which is the first, When...are warmer ; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times thill succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry ; For...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 5

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 440 pages
...he's a getting, The sooner will his raee be run. And nearer he's to setting. The age is best whieh is the first, When youth and blood are warmer ; But being spent, the worse and worst Times still sueeeed the former. Then be not eoy, but use your time, And, whilst ye may, go marry t...
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The Port Folio

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1821 - 542 pages
...the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And near he's to setting. The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being sjlent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And,...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection from the Most Eminent ..., Volume 3

Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glprious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to...are warmer ; But, being spent, the worse : and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time ; And, While ye may, go marry :...
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