| Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 Seiten
...hive with Thee. HKNBT VAUOHAN. THE FLY. OCCASIONED BY A FLY DELNTCINQ OUT OF ТПЕ AUTHOB'S CUP. ' BUSY, curious, thirsty fly! Drink with me, and drink as I! Freely welcome to my cup, Oouldst thou sip and sip it up : Make the most of life you may ; Life is short and wears away ! Both... | |
| J C Hutchieson - 1878 - 634 Seiten
...hand, and great thy heart, If well thou dost the work before thee ! BUSY, CURIOUS, THIRSTY FLY. BEST, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Coulust thou sip, and sip me up. Make the most of life you may, Life is short and wears away. FALSE,... | |
| Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 Seiten
...Did He smile, his work to see? Did He who made the lamb make thee? W. Blake. 218 THE FLY. THE FLY. BUSY, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink...Hastening quick to their decline; Thine's a summer, mine's no more, Though repeated to threescore; Threescore summers, when they're gone, Will appear as... | |
| New national reading books - 1880 - 120 Seiten
...skates, and have a slide with Harry. frosty gloves quick-ly skates ready teach coat tight slide THE FLY. BUSY, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me and drink...most of life you may, Life is short and wears away. 12 POOR MAGGIE. POOR MAGGIE. 1. MAGGIE is a poor child whose father and mother died when she was only... | |
| Sir William Purdie Treloar (bart.) - 1881 - 152 Seiten
...porter, and is now chiefly known for the Anacreontic verse on a fly drinking from his cup of ale : — Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink...Life is short, and wears away. Both alike are mine arid thine Hastening quick to their decline ; Thine's a summer, mine no more, Though repeated to threescore... | |
| Passages, John Allen Giles - 1881 - 744 Seiten
...she'll change her mood ; G-ae woo anither, and she'll gang clean wud. CXXXIX. WILLIAM OLDY8. TO A FLY. Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink...sip, and sip it up. Make the most of life you may, I Life is short and wears away. Both alike are mine and thine, Hastening quick to their decline : "•<•... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1881 - 368 Seiten
...following Anacreontic is characteristic : — SONG, OCCASIONED BY A FLY DRINKING OUT OF A CUP OF ALE. Busy, curious, thirsty fly, • Drink with me, and...thou sip and sip it up. Make the most of life you mayLife is short, and wears away. Both alike are, mine and thine, Hastening quick to their decline... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 552 Seiten
...consisted only of these two stanzas : Busy, curious, thirsty fly ! Drink with me, and drink as 1 1 Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thou sip and sip it up : Hake the most of life you may ; Life is short and wears away ! Both alike are mine and thine, Hastening... | |
| Five minutes daily readings - 1882 - 408 Seiten
...and scent and sight do surely bring Authentic proof of veritable Spring ! " SJ STONE. 23. THE FLY. 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... | |
| Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1882 - 136 Seiten
...running along the street. I shall see that you recover the horse, for I saw him trot along the street. Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink...most of life you may ; Life is short, and wears away. 2. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS. 49. A reflexive pronoun is one in which the action is reflected or bent back... | |
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