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" 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.... "
The Building Laws of Human Character; Or, Every Man's Monitor ... - Page 60
1903 - 163 pages
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The Monthly Review

1839 - 658 pages
...generally passes for poetry. ' TO THE VIRGINS. TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME. Gather ye rose-buds while you may ; Old Time is still aflying ; And this same 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...
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Anthologia oxoniensis

William Linwood - 1846 - 342 pages
...vivere lustro. Tu vero faustos quicunque voles hymenaeos, Aspice in octavo qualis sit Delia lustro. XX. GATHER ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still...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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Anthologia oxoniensis

William Linwood - 1846 - 372 pages
...vivere lustro. Tu vero faustos quicunque voles hymenœos, Aspice in octavo qualis sit Delia lustro. XXI. GATHER ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still...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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Anthologia oxoniensis

William Linwood - 1846 - 340 pages
...lustro. Tu vero faustos quicunque voles hymenasos, Aspice in octavo qualis sit Delia lustro. XX. GATHEK ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying...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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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...honey yields, but never stings. To Ле Virgin», to make muck of Лаг Time. Gather the rose-buds, The glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And...
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An Essay on English Poetry: With Notices of the British Poets

Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 452 pages
...very heart, and where he frolics like a being made up of melody and pleasure ; as when he sings — " Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying ; And this same flower that blooms to-day, To-morrow will be dying." * [Told on the authority of Dryden. (Maloue, vol. iv. p. 612.)...
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An Essay on English Poetry; with notices of the British poets. [Edited by ...

Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 468 pages
...very heart, and where he frolics like a being made up of melody and pleasure ; as when he sings — " Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that blooms to-day, To-morrow will be dying." * [Told on the authority of Dryden. (Malone, vol. iv. p. 6...
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Notes and Queries, Volume 1

1850 - 524 pages
...efiusion 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...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...
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Notes and Queries, Volume 1

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...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - 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,...
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