 TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying, And this same flower that smiles to-day, Tomorrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race...  Selections from the Poetry of Robert Herrick - Page 34by Robert Herrick - 1895 - 200 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliographical literature - 1807 - 912 pages
...youth and blood are warmer ; But being spent, the worse, and wont Times shall succeed the former. 4. Then be not coy, but use your time ; And while ye...may, go marry : For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. TJie Night-piece, to Julia. J. Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1807 - 456 pages
...youth and blood 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 : <R»r having lost but once your prime, You may forever tarry. The Night-piece, to Julia. I. Her eyes... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1807 - 468 pages
...spent, the worse, and worst Times shall succeed the former. 4. Then be not coy, but use your time 5 And while ye may, go marry : For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. "The Night-piece, to Julia. Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting... | |
 | Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1810 - 280 pages
...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...may, go marry : For, having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. LXXIlt. TO THE LARK. GOOD speed, for I this day Betimes my mattins say ; Because... | |
 | Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse and worst Time still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use...may, go marry; For having lost but once your prime, You may forever tarry. THE PORT O' DREAMS. (In Army and Navy Journal.) It is just beyond the sky-line... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1815 - 458 pages
...which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer But being spent, the worse, and worst Times shall succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your...may, go marry : For having lost but once your prime. You may for ever tarry. The Night-piece, to Julia. 1. Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee The shooting... | |
 | English poetry - 1817 - 524 pages
...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...former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while you may, go marry ; For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. On the Picture of... | |
 | Sir John Mennes - 1817 - 568 pages
...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...former. Then be not coy, but use your Time, And while you may, go marry ; For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. On the Picture of... | |
 | 1828 - 454 pages
...which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer ; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times thill succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your...may, go marry ; For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. HIS WISH TO PRIVACY. Give me a cell To dwell Where no foot hath A path : There... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 442 pages
...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 worst Times still succeed...the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And, whilst ye may, go marry ; For having lost, but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. TO MEADOWS.... | |
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