 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 sider
...old age ! ROBERT SOUTHBY. BUSY, CURIOUS, THIRSTY FLY. [Last verse added by Rev. J. Plumtree.) BTTSY, vision or a waking dream ? Fled is that music, —...FROM '* MARM1ON." WHENAS the Palmer came in hall, No they 're gone, Will appear as short as one. Yet this difference we may see 'Twixt the life of man and... | |
 | 1872 - 900 sider
...hasten to old age ! ROBERT SOUTHEY. BUSY, CUIUOUS, THIRSTY FLY. [Last verse adJed by Rcr. ). Plumtne.) reat Author rise, Whether to deck with clouds the...sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, f пр. Make the most of life you may ; Life is short, and wears away. Both alike arc mine and thine,... | |
 | Public school series - 1873 - 168 sider
...he flv back ? What did he find there ? THE FLY.— Oldya. ON A FLY DRINKING OUT OF THE AUTHOR'S CUP. 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... | |
 | Little folk - 1873 - 282 sider
...Raised a great big blister. Little Folks. THE FLY. BUSY, curious, thirsty fly ! Drink with me, and as I ! Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thou sip...most of life you may ; Life is short and wears away ? Oldys. OUT OF TUNE. A NIGHTINGALE made a mistake ! She sang a few notes out of tune, Her heart was... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 sider
...юз i. —SONG, MADE EXTEMPORE ВТ A GENTLEMAN, OCCASIONED BY A FLY DRINKING OUT OF HIS CUP OF ALE. nd. I moan tho man who, when tho, distant poor Need help, denies them nothing bu cnp, Could' st thon sip and sip it up. Make the most of life you may, Life is short, and wears away.... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 768 sider
...Busy, curious, thirsty fly ! Drink with me, and drink as 1 ! Freely welcome to my cup, Could'st iii: ai sip and sip it up : Make the most of life you may...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,... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 748 sider
...this has been found. He died in 1761. ON A FLY DRIXKINO OUT OF A CUP OF ALE. Make the most of life yon may; Life is short and wears away! Both alike are mine and thine, Hastening quick to their decline ! Thino's a summer, mine no more, Though repeated to threescore ! Threescore summers when they're gone,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 sider
...turning pale, Yields to his fate, — so ends my tale. HESTER LYNCH THRALE. BUST, CURIOUS, THIRSTY FLY. 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. VINCENT BOURNE. TO A FLY TAKEN OUT OP A BOWL OF PUNCH.... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 sider
...A FLY. [Song, made extempore, by a gentleman, occasioned by a fly drinking out of his cup of ale.] 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 gone,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1877 - 326 sider
...brings this message plain, ' When our brief days are over, ' That we shall live again.' Unhnown TO A FLY BUSY, curious, thirsty Fly, Drink with me, and drink...short and wears away. Both alike are mine and thine, Hast'ning quick to their decline : — Thine's a summer : mine's no more, Though repeated to three-score... | |
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Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thou sip and sip it up. Make the most of life you may ; Life is short, and wears away. " Both alike are mine and thine, Hastening quick to their decline ; Thine's... 
