 | Questions and answers - 1850 - 544 pages
...effusion 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... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Ballads, English - 1850 - 112 pages
...GATHER your rose-buds whilst you may, For time is still a flying, And that same flower which grows to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he is getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer is to setting. That age is best that is... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...honey yields, but nerer stings. To the Virgin», to malee much, of thar Time. Gather the rose-buds, while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying, And this same flower that smilea to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the SUB, The higher he's a getting,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 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...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. That age is best which is the... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...cherries grow. GATHER THE ROSE-BUDS. Gather the rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flylng, And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow...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. That age is best which is the... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...And closed her up, as in a tomb. SONG. Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may,' Old Time is still a flying; And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow...glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race he run, The nearer he's to setting. The age is best which is the... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1851 - 454 pages
...GATHER your rose-buds whilst you may, For time is still a flying, And that same flower which grows to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he is getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer is to setting. That age is best that is... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1851 - 464 pages
...GATHER your rose-buds whilst you may, For time is still a flying, And that same flower which grows to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he is getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer is to setting. That age is best that is... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Chapbooks - 1851 - 488 pages
...GATHER your rose-buds whilst you may, For time is still a flying, And that same flower which grows to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he is getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer is to setting. That age is best that is... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...loom, And closed her up, as in a tomb. Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may, Old Time is still a flying ; And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow...glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, The nearer he's to setting. The age is best which is the... | |
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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying, And this same flower that smiles to-day, Tomorrow will be dying. 
