 Come, my Celia, let us prove, While we can, the sports of love, Time will not be ours for ever, He, at length, our good will sever; Spend not then his gifts in vain; Suns, that set, may rise again ; . But if once we lose this light, 'Tis with us perpetual...  Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an Historical ... - Seite 388von George Ellis - 1803 - 458 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1973 - 132 Seiten
...Man only differed from the eternally happy gods in one important and tragic respect: he was mortal: Suns that set, may rise again, But if once we lose this light 'Tis with us perpetual night (Catullus, trans. Ben Jonson) In the eighth century the Olympic Games became a prominent institution.... | |
 | R. Wilcher - 1985 - 214 Seiten
...let us prove, While we may, the sports of love; Time will not be ours, for ever: He, at length, our good will sever. Spend not then his gifts in vain....we lose this light, 'Tis, with us, perpetual night. Phrases are echoed and the central idea is carried over in 'To His Coy Mistress', but there is a physical... | |
 | Robinson Ellis - 1889 - 598 Seiten
...fura rol xp6vov ovKfri irov\vv, 2^/rXw, rIfV pwcpav VVKr dvanavo-vfiida. Ben Jonson, The Fox, iii. 5, Suns that set may rise again. But if once we lose this light, ' Tis with us perpetual night. 7. Martial xii. 59. 1-3, Tantum dat tibi Roma basiorum Post annos modo quindecim reuerso Quantum Lesbia... | |
 | John Hollander - 1990 - 280 Seiten
...Catullus's "nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux, / nox est perpetua una dormienda" (Ben Jonson gives it as "Suns that set may rise again; / But if once we lose this light, / Tis with us perpetual night") becomes for Thomas Campion a varying refrain in his far from mere translation, "My Sweetest Lesbia."... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1998 - 566 Seiten
...will not be ours forever, He, at length, our good will sever; Spend not then his gifts in vain. 170 Suns that set may rise again: But if once we lose...should we defer our joys? Fame and rumour are but toys. 175 Cannot we delude the eyes Of a few poor household-spies? Or his easier ears beguile, Thus removed... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 Seiten
...Volpone Almost All the wise world is little else in nature But parasites or sub-parasites. 5270 Volpone * "fis with us perpetual night. 5271 Volpone Our drink shall be prepared gold and amber; Which we will... | |
 | John Pitcher - 1999 - 412 Seiten
...set. and rise againe. But whenas our short light Comes once to set, it makes eternall night. (66-68) Suns that set. may rise again: But if once we lose this light. Tis, with us, perpetual night. (Volpone, 111, vii, 171-73) The differing sources are revealed only in Jonson's plural for Catullus's... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1999 - 378 Seiten
...at length, our good will sever; Spend not then his gifts in vain. Suns that set may rise again; 170 But if once we lose this light, 'Tis with us perpetual night. Why should we defer our joys? 165-82.] Italic in Q, F. 165. my] Q, F; sweet, Add. 10309, f. 117; Rawlinson 31, f. 7. 166. can] Q,... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1999 - 630 Seiten
...let us prove, 165 While we can, the sports of love; Time will not be ours forever, He, at length, our good will sever; Spend not then his gifts in vain. Suns that set may rise again : 170 But if once we lose this light, 'Tis with us perpetual night. Why should we defer our joys ?... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1999 - 220 Seiten
...us prove, 165 While we can, the sports of love. Time will not be ours for ever; He, at length, our good will sever. Spend not then his gifts in vain. Suns that set may rise again; 170 151. practice] constant or habitual endeavour; with overtones of 'scheming'. 152. figures] shapes,... | |
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