| Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1810 - 280 pages
...Before we know our liberty : Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun : And, as a vapour, or a drop of rain Once lost, can ne'er be...fleeting shade; All love, all liking, all delight Lies drown'd with us hi endless night.* Then, while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna,... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 392 pages
...Before we know our liberty : Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun : And, as a vapour, or a drop of rain Once lost, can ne'er be...fleeting shade, All love, all liking, all delight Lies drown'd with us in endless night. Then, while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna,... | |
| Books - 1822 - 384 pages
...Before we know our liberty : Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun : And, as a vapour, or a drop. of rain Once lost, can ne'er be found again, So when or you, or I, are made A i'alilc. song, or fleeting shade, All love, all liking, all delight Lies drown'd with us in endless... | |
| Robert Herrick - 1823 - 330 pages
...away as do's the sunne ; Aud as a vapour, or a drop of raine Once lost, can ne'r be found againe ; So when or you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade ; All love, all liking, all delight Lies drown'd with us in endlesse night. Then while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna,... | |
| William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...away as do's the suuue } , And as a vapour, or a drop of raiue Once lost, can nc'r be found againe ; it was marked with the loss of an ox. A Yorkshire...clergyman informed Mr. Brand, that it was customary drown'd with us in endless night. Then, while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Curiuua,... | |
| Robert Herrick - Elegiac poetry, English - 1825 - 334 pages
...away as do's the sunne ; And as a vapour, or a drop of raine Once lost, can ne'r be found againe ; So when or you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade ; All love, all liking, all delight Lies drown'd with us in endlesse night. Then while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna,... | |
| William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...awny as do's the sunne ; And as a vapour, or a drop of raine Once lost, can ne'r be found aguine ; shade Of newsprung leaves, their modulations mix,...Mellifluous. The Jay, the Rook, the Daw, And each ha drown'd with us in endless night. Then, while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna,... | |
| William Hone - Calendars - 1868 - 846 pages
...away a* do's the sunne ; And as a vapour, or a drop of raine » Once lost, can ne'r be found againe; So when or you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade ; All love, all liking, ail delight Lies drown'd wifli us in endless night. Then, while time serves, and we are but decaying,... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1826 - 892 pages
...away a« do's the sunn« ; And as a vapour, or a drop of raine Once lost, can ne'r be found againe ; So when or you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade ; All lore, all liking, ail delight Lies drown'd with us in endless night. Then, while time serves, and we... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1828 - 414 pages
...away as do's the sunne ; And as a vapour, or a drop of raine Once lost, can ne'r be found againe ; So when or you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade; All love, all liking, all delight Lies drown'd with us in endless night. Then, while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna,... | |
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