And when with envy Time, transported,
Shall think to rob us of our joys,
You 'll in your girls again be courted,
And I 'll go wooing in my boys.
-- Thomas Percy (1728-1811)
-- Winifreda (1720)
Shall think to rob us of our joys,
You 'll in your girls again be courted,
And I 'll go wooing in my boys.
-- Thomas Percy (1728-1811)
-- Winifreda (1720)
Related:
- We 'll shine in more substantial honours,
And to be noble we 'll be good.
Thomas Percy (1728-1811) -- Winifreda... - Have you found your life distasteful?
My life did,
and does, smack sweet. Was your youth of pleasure wasteful... - When Time who steals our years away
Shall steal our pleasures too,
The mem'ry of the past will stay, And half our joys... - Even such is time, that takes in trust
Our youth, our joys,
our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust... - Oh whistle, and I 'll come to ye, my lad.
-- Robert Burns (1759-1796)
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Whistle, and I 'll come to... - My only books
Were woman's looks,--
And folly 's all they 've taught me.
Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- The Time I 've lost in... - Christmas time is here, by Golly; Kill the turkeys,
ducks and chickens; Disapproval would be folly; Mix... - All persons, living or dead, are purely coincidental,
and should not be construed. -- Kurt Vonnegut 117.... - Out of my lean and low ability
I 'll lend you something.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Twelfth Night --...
