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" We have short 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 Summer's rain ; Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again. "
A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ... - Page 213
by Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 762 pages
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Literary Hours; Or, Sketches Critical, Narrative, and Poetical, Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1804 - 572 pages
...attain'd his Noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the Even-Song; And, having prayM together, we Will go with you along. We have short...quick a growth to meet Decay, As you, or any thing. W« die, As your hours do, and dry Away, Like to the Summer's rain ; Or as the pearls of Morning's...
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Select Poems from the Hesperides: Or, Works Both Human and Divine

Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1810 - 278 pages
...excelled in the moral, and pathetic. His choice of measure too is admirably adapted to the strain. As quick a growth to meet decay, As you, or any thing...the pearls of morning dew Ne'er to be found again. CVIII. 'UPON A LADY THAT DIED IN CHILDBED, AND LEFT A DAUGHTER BEHIND HER As gillyflowers do but stay...
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Select Poems from the Hesperides: Or, Works Both Human and Divine

Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1810 - 280 pages
...away so soon ; As yet the early-rising sun Has not attain'd his noon : Stay, stay, Until the hast'ning day Has run But to the evensong ; And, having pray'd...time to stay, as you ; We have as short a spring, POEM CVH.] These lines may serve to convince us, how greatly our bard excelled in the moral, and pathetic....
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Retrospective Review, Volume 5

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 392 pages
...away so soon ; As yet the early-rising sun Has not attain'd his noon : Stay, stay, Until the hast'ning day Has run But to the even-song; And, having pray'd...pearls of morning dew Ne'er to be found again." To Primroses, JiUed with Morning Dev. " Why do ye weep, sweet babes ? Can tears Speak grief in you, Who...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 5

Books - 1822 - 384 pages
...yet the early-rising sun Has not attain 'd his noon : Stay, stay, Until the hast'ning day Has run Bat to the even-song; And, having pray'd together, we...pearls of morning dew Ne'er to be found again." To Primroses, filled with Morning Dew. " Why do ye weep, sweet babes? Can tears Speak grief in you, Who...
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian, Volume 9

1847 - 648 pages
...they glide, Into the grave. II. — TO DAFFODILS. FAIR daffodils, we weep to see You haste away too soon ; As yet the early-rising sun Has not attain'd...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...
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The Manchester iris, Volume 1

1822 - 394 pages
...even song ; And having pray'd together, we Will go with yon along. We have short time to stay as yon, We have as short a spring ; As quick a growth to meet...Away, Like to the summer's rain ; Or as the pearls of morning's due Ne'er to he found again. •» Ф • SONNET TO ELIZA. Had there dwelt less of beauty...
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The works of Robert Herrick [ed. by T. Maitland]. Repr, Volume 1

Robert Herrick - 1823 - 330 pages
...stay, Untill the hasting day Has run But to the even-song ; And, having pray'd together, we We will goe with you along. We have short time to stay as you,...decay, As you, or any thing. We die As your hours doe, and drie Away, Like to the summer's raine ; Or as the pearles of morning's dew, Ne'r to be found...
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The perennial calendar, and companion to the almanack, revised and ed. [or ...

Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...attained his noon : Stay, stay, Until the hastening day Has run But to the even song; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along! We have short...your hours do; and dry Away, Like to the summer's raine, Or as the pearls of morning dew, Ne'er to be found agame. We are reminded of the first appearance...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick, Volume 1

Robert Herrick - Elegiac poetry, English - 1825 - 334 pages
...stay, Untill the hasting day Has run But to the even-song ; And, having pray'd together, we We will goe with you along. We have short time to stay as you,...decay, As you, or any thing. We die As your hours doe, and drie Away, Like to the summer's raine ; Or as the pearles of morning's dew, Ne'r to be found...
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