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" Which time or age shall ne'er call back. The snake each year fresh skin resumes, And eagles change their aged plumes; The faded rose each spring receives A fresh red tincture on her leaves : But if your beauties once decay, You never know a second May. "
Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged - Page 73
1810
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Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which ..., Volume 3

English poets - 1801 - 454 pages
...time and age will work that wrack, Which time or age shall ne'er call back. The snake each year fresh skin resumes, And eagles change their aged plumes...rose each spring receives A fresh red tincture on her leaves ; But if your beauties once decay, You never know a second May. Oh then be wise ! and, whilst...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 3

George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 476 pages
...time and age will work that wrack, Which time or age shall ne'er call back. The snake each year fresh skin resumes, And eagles change their aged plumes...rose each spring receives A fresh red tincture on her leaves ; But if your beauties once decay, Oh then be wise ! and, whilst your season Affords you days...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 3

George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 474 pages
...time and age will work that wrack, Which time or age shall ne'er call back. The snake each year fresh skin resumes, And eagles change their aged plumes ; The faded rose each spring receives A fresh qptl tincture on her leaves ; But if your beauties once decay, THOMAS CAREW. Oh then be wise ! and,...
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 8

1828 - 454 pages
...time and age will worke that wrack Which time not age shall nere call back. The snake each yeare fresh skin resumes And eagles change their aged plumes ;...rose each spring receives A fresh red tincture on her leavei : But if your beauties once decay, You never know a second May. Oh, then, be wise, and whilst...
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The Poetical Common-place Book: Consisting of an Original Selection of ...

English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...time and age will work that wrack, Which time or age shall ne'er call back. The snake each year fresh skin resumes, And eagles change their aged plumes...rose each spring receives A fresh red tincture on her leaves ; But if your beauties once decay, You never know a second May. Oh then be wise ! and, whilst...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 6

Books - 1822 - 386 pages
...time and age will work that wrack, Which time or age shall ne'er call back. The snake each year fresh skin resumes And eagles change their aged plumes;...rose each spring receives A fresh red tincture on her leaves ; But, if your beauties once decay, You never know a second May. Oh, then be wise, and whilst...
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The Works of Thomas Carew, Sewer in Ordinary to Charles the First: Reprinted ...

Thomas Carew - 1824 - 252 pages
...and age will worke that wrack Which time or age shall ne're call backe. The snake each yeare fresh skin resumes, And eagles change their aged plumes...rose each spring receives A fresh red tincture on her leaves : But if your beauties once decay, Oh then be wise, and whilst your season Affords you dayes...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 2

Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...avarice, all visibly move in those little orbs.—Speetator. DCCCLXXXVI. The snake each year fresh skin resumes, And eagles change their aged plumes;...rose each spring receives A fresh red tincture on her leaves: But if your beauties once decay, You never know a second May. O then be wise, and whilst your...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 2

John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...avarice, all visibly move in those little orbs. — Speetator. DCCCLXXXVI. The snake each year fresh skin resumes, And eagles change their aged plumes;...rose each spring receives A fresh red tincture on her leaves: But if your beauties once decay, You never know a second May. O then be wise, and whilst your...
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The Year Book, of Daily Recreation & Information: Concerning Remarkable Men ...

William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...wracke, Which time nor age shall nere call back. The snake each yeare fresh skin resumes. And eagle» dds, that his tabor, tabor-s'.ick and pipe, attest his profession ; the fe linciurr on her leaves • But, if your brauties once decay. You never know a second May. Oh then,...
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