 | Robert Herrick - 1810 - 280 psl.
...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 drown'd with us hi endless night.* Then, while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 392 psl.
...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 drown'd with us in endless night. Then, while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna,... | |
 | 1822 - 384 psl.
...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...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... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 444 psl.
...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,... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 404 psl.
...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,... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1823 - 330 psl.
...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 shade ; All 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,... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 psl.
...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 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 Curiuua,... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1825 - 334 psl.
...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 shade ; All 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,... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 psl.
...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, Mellifluous. The Jay, the Rook, the Daw, And ea Lies drown'd with us in endless night. Then, while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corinna,... | |
 | William Hone - 1868 - 846 psl.
...away a* 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 shade ; All love, all liking, ail delight Lies drown'd wifli us in endless night. Then, while time serves, and we are but decaying,... | |
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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... 
