 | Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 450 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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... | |
 | 536 ページ
...comprehended the meaning of those terrible words — Must we kill them both? OLDYS ADDRESS TO A FLY. Busy, curious, thirsty fly ! Drink with me, and drink as I ! Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thon sip and sip it up : Make the most of life you may ; Life is short and wears away. Both alike are... | |
 | Vincent Bourne, John Mitford - 1840 - 376 ページ
...dies. Quaeque retardari possunt per nulla senectae Frigora, perpetuo gaudia fonte rluunt. THE FLY.f BUSY, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 ページ
...Grose: — Sony, made Extempore by a Grnlleman, occcaioncd by a Fly Drinklny out of his Cup of Ale. s »ip and sip it up. Make the most of life you may, Life is short, and wears away. Both alike are mine... | |
 | 1846 - 436 ページ
...Achilles weeps, great Hector hangs the head, And the Black Prince goes whimpering to bed. THE THIRSTY FLY. BUSY, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink...away, Both alike are mine and thine Hastening quick to thy decline ; Thine 'sa summer, mine no more, Though repeated to threescore ; Threescore summers, when... | |
 | Robert Platt - 1847 - 104 ページ
...thirs-ty, cu-rious fly, Drink with me, and drink as I. Free-ly \vcl-eoine to my cup, Couldst thou sip, ami sip it up. Make the most of life you may : Life is short, and wears a-way. 9. Both alike are mime and thine, Thine 'sa summer ; mine 's no more, Hast'uing quick to their decline... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 408 ページ
...often occasion to use her pump. Hence the address of the poet: — " Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Brink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst tlioiL sip, and sip it up. Make the most of life you may, Life is aliort, and wears away. Both alike,... | |
| |
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 a... 
