 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 fleeting shade, All love, all liking, all delight Lies drowned with us in endless night.  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 620edited by - 1845Full view - About this book
 | Robert Herrick - 1810 - 280 pages
...pick'd; yet we're not a Maying! Come, let us go, while we are in our prime, And take the harmless folly of the time: 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... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 392 pages
...pick'd ; yet we're not a Maying! Come, let us go, while we are in our prime, And take the harmless folly of the time : 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... | |
 | 1822 - 384 pages
...; yet we're not a Maying ! Come, let us go, while we are in our prime, And take the harmless folly of the time : 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... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1823 - 330 pages
...firmament ; Many a jest told of the keye's betraying This night, and locks pickt, yet w'are not a Maying. We shall grow old apace and die Before we know our...short, and our dayes run As fast away as do's the sunne ; Aud as a vapour, or a drop of raine Once lost, can ne'r be found againe ; So when or you or I are... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 444 pages
...; yet we're not a Maying ! Come, let us go, while we are in our prime, And take the harmless folly of the time : 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... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 404 pages
...not a Maying! Come, let us go, while we are in our prime, And take the harmless folly of the time i We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty: Our life is short, and our days ran So when or you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade, All love, all liking, all delight... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1825 - 334 pages
...firmament; Many a jest told of the keye's betraying This night, and locks pickt, yet w'are not a Maying. Come, let us goe, while we are in our prime, And take...And as a vapour, or a drop of raine Once lost, can ne'r be found againe ; So when or you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade ; All love, all... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...w'are not a Maying. Come, let us сое, while we arc in our prime, And take the liiinnlessc faille hemselves hear of it, they almost despair of recovery....actually died by their imaginary fears on the occasion. T suuue } , And as a vapour, or a drop of raiue Once lost, can nc'r be found againe ; So when or you... | |
 | William Hone - 1868 - 846 pages
...I8ia Many a jest told of the keye's betraying Tliiâ night, and locks pickt; yet w'are not a Maying. V Come, let us goe, while we are in our prime And take...Our life is short, and our dayes run As fast away a* do's the sunne ; And as a vapour, or a drop of raine » Once lost, can ne'r be found againe; So... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 892 pages
...firmament ; Many a jest told of the keye'i betraying This night, and locks pickt; yet w'are not a Maying. Come, let us goe, while we are in our prime And take the narmlcssc follie of the time. We shall grow old apace and die Before we know our liberty. Our life... | |
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