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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. "
History of the English Language and Literature - Page 40
by Robert Chambers - 1837 - 328 pages
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The New annual register, or General repository of history ..., Volume 25

1805 - 948 pages
...have ai short a spring; A^ quick a growth to meet Decay. As you, or anv thing. We die, As your hourt do, and dry Away, Like to the Summer's rain ; Or as...pearls of Morning'* dew, Ne'er to be found again.* Page 144. " The cultivation of descriptive poetry had, during the prior half of the seventeenth century,...
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Literary Hours; Or, Sketches Critical, Narrative, and Poetical, Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1804 - 572 pages
...Even-Song; And, having prayM together, we Will go with you along. 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. 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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The Universal magazine, Volume 15

1811 - 544 pages
...last line he'd have plac't, Jocund his muse u-as ; but his life was chast* We have as short a sprint:, As quick a growth to meet decay, As you, or any thing. We die, As your hours doe, and drie Away, Like to the summer's raine. Or as the pearlcs of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found...
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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
...pathetic. His choice of measure too is admirably adapted to the strain. As quick a growth to meet decays As you, or any thing : We die, As your hours do; and...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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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 5

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 440 pages
...along. We have short time to stay as you, We have as short a spring; As quiek a growth to meet deeay, As you or any thing. We die, As your hours do, and...Away, Like to the summer's rain, Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again. THE NIGHT-PIECE, TO JULIA. IU:n eyes the glow-wonn lend thee,...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 5

Books - 1822 - 384 pages
...even-song; And, having pray'd together, we Will go with you along ! We have short time to stay, as you ; We have as short a spring, As quick a growth to meet...the 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,...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 5

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 392 pages
...even-song; And, having pray'd together, we Will go with you along ! We have short time to stay, as you ; We have as short a spring, As quick a growth to meet...the 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,...
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The Manchester iris, Volume 1

1822 - 394 pages
...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 Manchester iris, Volume 1, Issues 1-23

1822 - 206 pages
...have short time to stay as you, We have as short a spring ; Al quick a growth to meet decay, At yon 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. APOSTROPHE TO AN EARLY VIOLET. Sweet lovely harbinger of Spring,...
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