 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...  Retrospective Review - Pàgina 176editat per - 1822Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 pàgines
...or 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. R. HERRICK HERMOTIMUS ^AINLY were the words of parting spoken; ever more must Charon turn from me.... | |
 | 1864 - 150 pàgines
...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. HEERICK. THE PRIMR 0 S E. 33 THE PRIMROSE. WELCOME, pale primrose ! starting up between Dead matted... | |
 | John Dennis - 1865 - 340 pàgines
...customary, and, as he deems it, conclusive argument, since life is short, let us hasten to enjoy it : — " Then, while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna, come, let's go a-maying." Poor heathen Herrick, was mighty fond of making himself happy in this world, and appears... | |
 | J. H. - 1867 - 860 pàgines
...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,...are but decaying, Come, my Corinna, come, let's go a-Maying ! Herrick. ,_ r 9. PHYLLIS. petticoat of green, Her hair about her een ; Phyllis beneath an... | |
 | 1868 - 844 pàgines
...run As fast away as do's the sun ; And as a vapour, or a drop of rain Once lost, can ne'er be filled again ; So when or you or I are made A fable, song,...we are but decaying, Come my Corinna, come, let's goe a Maying. The easy musical flow of the verse combined with the graceful touches of Horatiau cheerfulness... | |
 | 1868 - 942 pàgines
...fable, song, or fleeting shade, All love, all liking, all delight, Lies drown'd with us in endlese night. Then while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come my Curinna, come, let's goe a Maying. The easy musical flow of the verse combined with the graceful touches... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 pàgines
...you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade, All love, all liking, all delight, Lie drowned with us in endless night. Then, while time serves,...are but decaying, Come, my Corinna, come, let's go a-Maying. — Ibid. TO PRIMROSES, FILLED WITH DEW. WHY do ye weep, sweet babes ? Can tears Speak grief... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1869 - 304 pàgines
...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 a Maying. ON JULIA'S BREATH. UPON A CHILD. AN EFITAFH. BUT borne, and like a short delight, I glided... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pàgines
...firmament ; Many a jest told of the key's betraying This night, and locks pick'd : yet V are not a-Maying. Come, let us go, while we are in our prime, And take...are but decaying, Come, my Corinna, come, let's go a-Maying. A COUNTRY LIFE. CWEET country life, to such unknown ^ Whose lives are others', not their... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1870 - 524 pàgines
...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 a Maying. R. HERRJCK 33 34 T OVE that hath us in the net, — ' can he pass and we forget ? many... | |
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