| Thomas Arnold - 1877 - Страниц: 656
...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 first, When...are warmer ; But being spent, the worse, and worst Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry ; For having lost but once your prime,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - Страниц: 630
...the sun, The higher he 'sa getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer ho 's to setting. The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are wanner ; But being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but... | |
| John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - Страниц: 232
...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 first, When...the worse and worst Times still succeed the former, — 29 TO BLOSSOMS. FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past,1... | |
| Jesse George Cross - 1878 - Страниц: 330
...the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse or worst Time still succeeds the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry;... | |
| Leslie Stephen - 1879 - Страниц: 422
...Herrick's simple moral — Gather ye rosebuds while ye may — and with his simple explanation — That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer. Others more thoughtful look back upon the early days with the passionate regret of Byron's verses :... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - Страниц: 536
...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 first,...but use your time, And while ye may, go marry; For haying^ lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. To BLOSSOMS. Fair pledges of a fruitful tree,... | |
| Laura Valentine - 1880 - Страниц: 634
...sun, The higher he 's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he 's to setting. The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood...former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while you may, go, marry ; For having lost but once your prime. You may for ever tarry. JOHN MILTON. 1608... | |
| Charles Donald Maclean - 1880 - Страниц: 104
...lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a getting ; The sooner will his race be run, And neerer he's to setting. That age is best, which is the first,...spent, the worse, and worst Times, still succeed the formet. Then be not coy, but use your time ; And while ye may, goe marry : For having lost but once... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - Страниц: 1124
...the sun, The higher he 'sa getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he 's to setting. The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are wanner ; But being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1881 - Страниц: 426
...higher he's n getting, The sooner will his race be ran, And nearer lie's to setting. That age is beet which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer;...former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while you may, go marry; For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. HHLRICK. THE SLEEP.... | |
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