 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....  Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Page 141by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. North China Branch, Shanghai - 1894Full view - About this book
 | 1839 - 658 pages
...smoothness which now-a-days generally passes for poetry. ' TO THE VIRGINS. TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME. Gather ye rose-buds while you may ; Old Time is still aflying...flower, that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's agetting, VOL. u. (1839). NO. ii. x The sooner... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 342 pages
...quicunque voles hymenaeos, Aspice in octavo qualis sit Delia lustro. XX. GATHER ye 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's a-getting ; The sooner will his race be run,... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 372 pages
...quicunque voles hymenœos, Aspice in octavo qualis sit Delia lustro. XXI. GATHER ye 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's a-getting ; The sooner will his race be run,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...yields, but never stings. To Ле Virgin», to make muck of Лаг Time. Gather the rose-buds, while ye The glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And... | |
 | 1850 - 524 pages
...of Herrick " to the Virgins, to 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... | |
 | 1850 - 544 pages
...of i Hercick " to the Virgins, to make much ofTuue," 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.*1 The following "Answer" appeared "map tion not so well known as the Hesprrides. I line therefore... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 pages
...plantations fully show All the year where 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 will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And... | |
 | 1871 - 360 pages
...household plants that are blossoming for immortality ? Rev. HT Cheever. • ATHER ye rose-buds as ye may, Old Time is still a-flying ; And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. Herrich. WHEN I came down from my place in the country, I observed the trees along the Hudson River;... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pages
...worn, Never more to revisit my Cloudland. MACKAY. 20 GATHER YE HOSE-BUDS. GATHER ye Kose-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 'aa getting ; The sooner will his race be run,... | |
 | Frederick Edward Gretton - 1853 - 152 pages
...henceforth know still silence." TO THE VIBGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME. VII. Gather ye 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's a-getting ; The sooner will his race be run,... | |
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