| 1782 - 348 ページ
...us aa jovial be as they Amang the birks or invermay. S 0 AT G 259. j J3 USY, curious, thirlty fty, Drink with me, and drink as I, Freely welcome to my cup, Could'ft thou fip, and fip it up : Make the moft of life you may ;. Life is fhort, and wears away.... | |
| 1783 - 360 ページ
...abound; In thefe alone true wifdom lies, For, to be merry's to be wife. SONG XlX.* BUSY, curious, thirfty Fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Could'fl thou fip and fip it up. Make the moft of life you may, Life isftiort, and wears away. * "... | |
| 1803 - 250 ページ
...freedom's charms beguil'd, He reigns iecure the monarch of the wild.—Idem. FLY. BUSY, curious, thirfty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I: Freely welcome to my cup, Couldft thou lip, and fip it up. Make the mcft of life you may, Life is fhort, and wears away. Both... | |
| Poetry - 1806 - 192 ページ
...nod, My lips shall incessantly praise, My soul shall be wrapt in my God ! ORATORIO OF ABEL. THE FLY, 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 aw"ay. Both alike are mine... | |
| Vincent Bourne - 1808 - 228 ページ
...raptures as these; Tb,e current of fppdness still flows, Which decrepit oM age cannot freeze. THE FLY. I. BUSY, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, 'and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Could'st thou sip, and sip it up ; Make the most of life you may, Life is short, and wears away. II. Both alike,... | |
| Vincent Bourne - 1808 - 398 ページ
...these; The current of fondness still flows, Which decrepit old age cannot freeze. THE FLY. I. JjUSY, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Could'st thou sip, and sip it up ; Make the most of life you may, Life is short, and wears away. II. Both alike,... | |
| John Aikin - 1810 - 330 ページ
...day Drives us from our sport and p What have we with day to do ? Sons of care! 'twas made for ypji. 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. DALTON. Both 6oth... | |
| Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1813 - 466 ページ
...tarda moratur opus, though likewise consonant to the sentiment of the original, has no propriety * 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, both... | |
| 1819 - 394 ページ
...; which Miss More has forcibly and felicitously termed ' the college of infidelity.'] SONG XIX.* * BUSY, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Could'st thou sip and sip it up. Make the most of life you may, Life is short, and wears away. Both alike are mine... | |
| Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 ページ
...What I sing, let pride apply: Flies are weak, and Man's a Fly. ANONYMOUS. Another Address to a FLY. BUSY, curious, thirsty Fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ! Freely welcome to my cup, Could'st thou sip, and sip it up. Make the most of life you may, Life is short and wears away. Both alike are mine... | |
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