 | Francis Jacox - 1873 - 516 páginas
...the worst sign of all. As Robert Herrick has it, in perhaps the most familiar of his lyrics,—- " That age is best which is the first, When youth and...the worse, and worst Time shall succeed the former." We are old fellows, it is said, from the moment the fire begins to go out. And when is that ? Forty-five... | |
 | Little folk - 1873 - 282 páginas
...may, Old Time is still a-flying : And this same flower that smiles to-day. To-morrow will be dying. That age is best which is the first, When youth and...are warmer ; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times, still succeed the former. A'. Herrick. I MY LOST CHILD. CANNOT make him dead ! His fair sunshiny... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 590 páginas
...getting, Tho sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to sotting. That age is best which is tho first, When youth and blood are warmer ; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry ; For... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 páginas
...the sun, The higher he 'sa getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he 's to setting. The summoned to my final call, The Mercy of my God. WASHING wanner ; But being spent, the worse and worst Time still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use... | |
 | Lyrics, William Davenport Adams - 1874 - 312 páginas
...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...are warmer ; But being spent, the worse, and worst' Times, still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time ; And while ye may, go marry :... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 280 páginas
...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...are warmer ; But being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. OBJECT LESSON. GLASS. — Of what is glass made ? Of snnd or stone... | |
 | 1874 - 870 páginas
...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...his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That eye is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer ; But being spent, the worse, and worst... | |
 | sir John Mennes - 1874 - 568 páginas
...The higher he is getting, The sooner will his race be run, And neerer to his setting. • • V • That Age is best which is the first, When youth, and blood are warmer ; And being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 802 páginas
...smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorions lamp of Heaven, the Sao, The higher he's a-gettiug, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That eye is best which is the first, When yonth and blood are warmer; But being spent the worse, and worst... | |
 | Floral poesy - 1875 - 360 páginas
...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, The nearer he's a-setting. That age is best, that is the first, When youth and blood are warmer ; But... | |
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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.... 
