...Remember Colin's dreadful fate, And fear to meet him there. 239 B: On a Fly drinking out of his cup i USY, curious, thirsty fly! ) Drink with me and drink as...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...

...train of The Beggars' Opera ; Ritson's English Songs, 1783. 1696-1761 420. Busy, curious, thirsty Fly ! BUSY, curious thirsty fly ! Drink with me and drink...short and wears away. Both alike are mine and thine, Hast'ning quick to their decline : Thine's a summer, mine's no more, Tho' repeated to threescore ;...

...pensamiento final, aunque empequeñecido, se reproduce en estos versos ingleses, dirigidos A una Mosca: Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink...Couldst thou sip. and sip it up. Make the most of Ufe you may, Life is short, añil wears away, Both alike art mine and thine, Hastening quick to their...

...of the thing. Let us quote the first of the two stanzas : "Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with mo and drink as I: Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst...most of life you may, Life is short and wears away." Biit that was written sometime in the eighteenth century and poets are reckless fellows anyway. One...

...greatest enemy as well as provider. Properly disposing of waste deprives them of food, and swatting Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink...most of life you may, Life is short and wears away. No doubt Oldys didn't realize that sharing a beer with a fly is one great way to risk shortening your...

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...the notes on "Skye" above. O.197-98, Y.283-84, B.109 The Fly, an Anacreontic By William Oldys, 1732 Busy, curious, thirsty fly! Drink with me and drink...are mine and thine Hastening quick to their decline: Thine 'sa summer, mine's no more, Though repeated to threescore. 10 Threescore summers, when they're...

...original blood-feeding insects, and the plague of dinosaurs, were the Diptera. DIPTERA: THE TRUE FLIES Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I; Freely welcome to my cup, Could'st 1 1 ic ii i sip, and sip it up; Make the most of life you may, Life is short and wears away. Just alike,...

...University, Cambridge, MA 02138. 1. INTRODUCTION An Anacreontick Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Gently drink, and drink as I; Freely welcome to my cup, Could'st...most of Life you may, Life is short and wears away. Just alike, both mine and thine, Hasten quick to their decline; Thine's a Summer, mine's no more, Though...

...Lookers-on see most of the game. Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness. Make hay while the sun shines. Make the most of life you may, life is short and wears away. Man can only be free through mastery of himself. ~ 5. E. Morison Many a little makes a mickle. Men...