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" We shall grow old apace, and die 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 fable, song, or fleeting... "
The Retrospective Review - Page 174
1822
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Select Poems from the Hesperides: Or, Works Both Human and Divine

Robert Herrick - 1810 - 278 pages
...vapour, or a drop of rain Once lost, can ne'er be found again ; So when or you, or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade; All love, all liking, all...decaying, Come, my Corinna, come, let's go a Maying ! * This concluding stanza is in the same spirit with Cit»llus'» fifth Carmen. ux. A DIALOGUE BETWIXT...
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Select Poems from the Hesperides: Or, Works Both Human and Divine

Robert Herrick - 1810 - 280 pages
...vapour, or a drop of rain Once lost, can ne'er be found again ; 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 hi endless night.* Then, while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna, come, let's...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection from the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 444 pages
...you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade, All love, all liking, all delight Lies drowned with us in endless night ; Then, while time serves...decaying, Come, my Corinna, come, let's go a Maying ! HERRICE. THE HAY FIELD. Scene. THY joys, gay spirit of the social plain, And useful labours, renovate...
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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent British ..., Volume 2

New elegant extracts - 1823 - 404 pages
...you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade, All love, all liking, all delight Lies drowned with us in endless night; Then, while time serves...decaying, Come, my Corinna, come, let's go a Maying ! THE HAY FIELD. ?l .planting Sttnt. THY joys, gay spirit of the social plain, HERRICK. And useful...
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The works of Robert Herrick [ed. by T. Maitland]. Repr, Volume 1

Robert Herrick - 1823 - 330 pages
...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, come, let's goe...
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The every-day book, or, The guide to the year

William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...vapour, or a drop of raiue Once lost, can nc'r be found againe ; So when or you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade ; All love, all liking, all...while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Curiuua, come, let'« goe a Maying, A gatherer of notices respecting our pastimes says, " The after-part...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick, Volume 1

Robert Herrick - 1825 - 334 pages
...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, come, let's goe...
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The Every Day Book, Or, A Guide to the Year: Describing the ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...vapour, or a drop of raine Once lost, can ne'r be found aguine ; So when or you or I are made A fable, ations mix, Mellifluous. The Jay, the Rook, the Daw,...the Stockdove breathes A melancholy murmur through t goc a Maying. Herrick. A gatherer of notices respecting our dred men, women, ала children, followpastimes...
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The Every-day Book: Or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports ...

William Hone - 1826 - 892 pages
...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,...we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna, come, let's goe a Maying. Htrrick. A gatherer of notices respecting our pastimes says, " The after-part of 3/jyday...
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The Every-day Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements ...

William Hone - 1868 - 846 pages
...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, Come, my Corinna, come, let's goe a Maying. A gatherer oŁ notices respecting our p.istimes says, " The after-part of M<iyday is...
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