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" 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... "
The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland - Page 217
by Abraham Mills - 1851
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Select Poems from the Hesperides: Or, Works Both Human and Divine

Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1810 - 278 pages
...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...decaying, Come, my Corinna, come, let's go a Maying ! * This concluding stanza is in the same spirit with Cit»llus'» fifth Carmen. ux. A DIALOGUE BETWIXT...
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Select Poems from the Hesperides: Or, Works Both Human and Divine

Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1810 - 280 pages
...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...love, all liking, all delight Lies drown'd with us hi endless night.* Then, while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna, come, let's...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 5

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 392 pages
...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...decaying, Come, my Corinna, come, let's go a Maying!" Herrick had so very high a notion of the value of his compositions, that he conceived it necessary...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 5

Books - 1822 - 384 pages
...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....ne'er be found again, So when or you, or I, are made A i'alilc. song, or fleeting shade, All love, all liking, all delight Lies drown'd with us in endless...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection from the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 444 pages
...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...fleeting shade, All love, all liking, all delight Lies drowned with us in endless night ; Then, while time serves and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna,...
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The works of Robert Herrick [ed. by T. Maitland]. Repr, Volume 1

Robert Herrick - 1823 - 330 pages
...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 made A fable, song, or fleeting...love, all liking, all delight Lies drown'd with us in endlesse night. Then while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna, come, let's goe...
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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent British ..., Volume 2

New elegant extracts - 1823 - 404 pages
...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 Lies drowned with us in endless night; Then, while time serves and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna,...
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The every-day book, or, The guide to the year

William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...away as do's the suuue } , And as a vapour, or a drop of raiue Once lost, can nc'r be found againe ; So when or you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting...while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Curiuua, come, let'« goe a Maying, A gatherer of notices respecting our pastimes says, " The after-part...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick, Volume 1

Robert Herrick - Elegiac poetry, English - 1825 - 334 pages
...away as do's the sunne ; 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...love, all liking, all delight Lies drown'd with us in endlesse night. Then while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna, come, let's goe...
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The Every Day Book, Or, A Guide to the Year: Describing the ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...awny as do's the sunne ; And as a vapour, or a drop of raine Once lost, can ne'r be found aguine ; shade Of newsprung leaves, their modulations mix,...the Stockdove breathes A melancholy murmur through t goc a Maying. Herrick. A gatherer of notices respecting our dred men, women, ала children, followpastimes...
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