| Robert Herrick - 1877 - 120 trang
...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 vapor, or a drop of rain Once lost, can ne'er be found again : So when or you or I are made A fable,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 trang
...know our liberty. Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun ; And as a vapor, or a drop of rain, Once lost, can ne'er be found again, So when or you or 1 are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade, All love, all liking, all delight, Lies drowned with us... | |
| William Davidson (B.A.), Joseph Crosby Alcock - 1877 - 240 trang
...well as they. 8. Speak, whimpering younglings ; and make known The reason why Ye droop and weep. 9. Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun. 10. He lives, nor yet is past his manhood's prime, Though sear'd by toil, and something touched by... | |
| Joseph Sylvester Clark, Henry Martyn Dexter, Alonzo Hall Quint, Isaac Pendleton Langworthy, Christopher Cushing, Samuel Burnham - 1877 - 642 trang
...OF THE WISDOM AND GOODNESS OF GOD. ONE of the sweet-voiced poets sang, centuries ago, — " A vapor, or a drop of rain, Once lost, can ne'er be found again." ' Once lost, it can never be identified certainly, yet will it be seen again a thousand times, seen... | |
| Joseph Sylvester Clark, Henry Martyn Dexter, Alonzo Hall Quint, Isaac Pendleton Langworthy, Christopher Cushing, Samuel Burnham - 1877 - 676 trang
...OF THE WISDOM AND GOODNESS OF GOD. ONE of the sweet-voiced poets sang, centuries ago, — " A vapor, or a drop of rain, Once lost, can ne'er be found again." ' Once lost, it can never be identified certainly, yet will it be seen again a thousand times, seen... | |
| Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 324 trang
...know our liberty. Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun; And as a vapor, or a drop of rain Once lost, can ne'er be found again:...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,... | |
| Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 332 trang
...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 vapor, or a drop of rain Once lost, can ne'er be found again: So when or you or I are made A fable,... | |
| Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 trang
...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 vapor, or a drop of rain Once lost, can ne'er be found again: So when or you or I are made A fable,... | |
| Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 trang
...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...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,... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 524 trang
...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...fleeting shade ; All love, all liking, all delight Lies drown'd with us in endless night. — Then while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my... | |
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