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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. "
Lotus-eating: a Summer Book - Page 166
by George William Curtis - 1852 - 206 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 the pearls of Morning'* dew, Ne'er to be found again.* Page 144. " The cultivation of descriptive poetry had, during...
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Literary Hours; Or, Sketches Critical, Narrative, and Poetical, Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1804 - 572 pages
...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 dew Ne'er to be found again. Page 144. The cultivation of DESCRIPTIVE Poetry had, during...
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Select Poems from the Hesperides: Or, Works Both Human and Divine

Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1810 - 280 pages
...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 dry Away Like to the summer's rain, Or as the pearls of morning dew Ne'er to be found again. CVIII. UPON A LADY THAT DIED IN CHILDBED, AND LEFT A DAUGHTER...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 5

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 440 pages
...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 dry 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
...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 dew Ne'er to be found again." To Primroses, filled with Morning Dew. " Why do ye weep, sweet...
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The Manchester iris, Volume 1

1822 - 394 pages
...have short time to stay as yon, 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 due Ne'er to he found again. •» Ф • SONNET TO ELIZA. Had there dwelt less of beauty...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 5

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 392 pages
...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 dew Ne'er to be found again." To Primroses, JiUed with Morning Dev. " Why do ye weep, sweet...
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian, Volume 9

1847 - 648 pages
...time to stay, as you ; We have as short a 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 dew, Ne'er to be found again. III. — THE SUCCESSION OF THE FOUR SWEET MONTHS. FIRST, April,...
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The perennial calendar, and companion to the almanack, revised and ed. [or ...

Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...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 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 Wild Garland; Or, Prose and Poetry Connected with English Wild Flowers ...

S. Waring - Botany - 1827 - 122 pages
...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 dew, »e'er to be found again. Peziza coccinea. Jew's-ears. Cryptogamia. Hoot short, white...
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