 We have short time to stay as you, We have as short a spring; As quick a growth to meet decay, As you, or anything. We die, As your hours do, and dry Away Like to the summer's rain; Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again.  Selections from the British Poets - Page 63edited by - 1840Full view - About this book
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...this same flower, that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying, f To the Virgins to make much of Time. Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars...elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fir :, befriend thee. Night Piece to Julia. Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt, Nothing 's so... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...a pilfering so, He should from her full lips derive Honey enough to fill his hive. THE NIGHT PIECE. TO JULIA. Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting...thee, And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like sparks of fire, befriend thee 1 No will-o'-th'-wisp mislight thee, Nor snake nor slow-worm bite thee... | |
 | Lucy Pauline Wright Hobart - Consolation - 1867 - 534 pages
...prayed together, we Will go with yon along. OV-iR l'lE LIVE?.. 11" We have short time as you to stay, We have as short a spring : As quick a growth to meet...pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again. OVER THE RIVER. OVER the river they beckon to me — Loved ones who 've crossed to the further side... | |
 | Frederick Locker- Lampson - 1867 - 380 pages
...go ; For if she be not for me, What care I for whom she be ? George Wither. xxxix. THE NIGHT PIECE. TO JULIA. HER eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting...eyes glow, Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No will-o'-th'-wisp mis-light thee, Nor snake nor slow worm bite thee ; But on, on thy way, Not making... | |
 | Woodland - Animals - 1868 - 186 pages
...rising sun Has not attain'd his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day lias run But to the even-song ; And, having pray'd together, we Will go with you along....rain ; Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to he found again. 11. Herrick. MAY MORNING. Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing... | |
 | Henry Morley - Ballads, English - 1868 - 282 pages
...to stay, as you, AVe have as short a spring ; As quick a growth to meet decay, As you, or any thing. We die, As your hours do, and dry Away, Like to the...pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again. Robert Herrich. THE NIGHTINGALE. SWEET bird, that sing'st away the early hours Of winters past, or... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...this same flower, that smiles to-day. To-morrow will be dying, f To the Virgins it mahe much of Time. Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars...eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. Night Piece to Julia. Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt, Nothing's so hard but search will... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...time to stay as you, We have as short a spring; As quick a growth to meet decay, As you or any thing. We die, As your hours do, and dry Away, Like to the...pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again. 202. SIR JOHN SUCKLING. 1609-1641. (Msnusl, p. 169} SONG. Out upon it, I have loved Three whole days... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...ne'er so brave : And after they have shown their pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. NIGHT-PIECE TO JULIA. Her eyes the glow-worm lend...eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee ! No Will-o'-the-wisp mislight thee, Nor snake or slow-worm bite thee ! But on, on thy way, Not making a... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...attained his noon. Stay, stay Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along. We have short...the pearls of morning's dew Ne'er to be found again. Some critics have professed to see a metaphysical strain in Herrick's Noble Numbers. It is true that... | |
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