| John Taylor - 1832 - 520 sider
...benevolent and philosophic temper of the author, I shall submit it to the reader as an old family relique. Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink...Though repeated to threescore ! Threescore summers when they 're gone, Will appear as short as one ! Tilburina says, " an oyster may be crossed in love," and... | |
| John Taylor - 1832 - 450 sider
...benevolent and philosophic temper of the author, I shall submit it to the reader as an old family relique. Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink...summer, mine no more, Though repeated to threescore I Threescore summers when they 're gone, Will appear as short as one ! Tilburina says, " an oyster... | |
| 1833 - 310 sider
...What must then, Shame, Want, and Sorrow, Wandering sad from town to town ! OLDYS' ADDRESS TO A FLY. Busy, curious, thirsty fly ! Drink with me, and drink...are mine and thine Hastening quick to their decline ! Thine's a summer, mine no more, Though repeated to threescore ! Threescore summers, when they're... | |
| John Taylor - 1833 - 470 sider
...and philosophic temper of the author, I shall submit it to the reader as an old family relick. Easy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as...are mine and thine, Hastening quick to their decline ! Thine's a summer, mine no more, Though repeated to threescore ! Threescore summers when they're gone,... | |
| 1833 - 814 sider
...FLY. Busy, curious, thirsty fly ! Drink with me, and driuk as I ! Freely welcome to my cup, Coulust : L 0u< be" vi ? \ ôZR j"' ; F ϸ q ! Thine's a summer, mine no more, Though repeated to threescore ! Threescore summers, when they're... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 406 sider
...The Fly" of Gray for melancholy tenderness of thought; it consisted only of these two stanzas ' 1. Busy, curious, thirsty fly ! Drink with me, and drink...most of life you may ; Life is short and wears away ! Grose, however, though a great joker on the peculiarities of Oldys, was far from insensible to the... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 450 sider
...The Fly' of Gray for melancholy tenderness of thought ; it consisted only of these two stanzas : 1 Busy, curious, thirsty fly ! Drink with me, and drink...most of life you may ; Life is short and wears away ! 2 placed in the library of the Earl of Oxford, yielded up his entire days to researches concerning... | |
| 1836 - 98 sider
...a delightful month, but it is the season of flies. Let us draw a moral from it. The old song says, Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink...sip, and sip it up. Make the most of life you may, j Life is short and wears away. SEPTEMBER. Astronomic ;d Pheuomena, Remarkable Day», Arc . Ch ronologf.... | |
| 1837 - 928 sider
...drinking out offal cup. " Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me and drink at I ; Freely weleome to my cup, Couldst thou sip, and sip it up. Make the most of life you may, Life is short and f.idc3 away. " Both alike are mine and thine, Hastening quiek to their decline ; Thine' sa summer,... | |
| Vincent Bourne - 1838 - 344 sider
...decrepit old age cannot freeze. THE FLY. BUSY, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as 1 ; Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thou sip, and sip...you may, Life is short, and wears away. Both alike, both thine and mine, Hasten quick to their decline ; Thine's a summer, mine's no more, Though repeated... | |
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