O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. But pleasures are like poppies spread — You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow-fall in the river — A moment white, then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point... The Pacific Coast Fourth Reader - Σελίδα 1351878 - 240 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| 1832 - 358 σελίδες
...a word, what is pleasure? but what the immortal Scottish bard tells us — " Pleasures are like the poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls on the river, A moment white, then melts for ever; Or, like the Borealis race, That flits... | |
| Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 σελίδες
...Or like the snow-falls in the river, ••• 1, • / A moment white — then melts for ever ; i " Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. — Nae man can tether time or tide — The hour approaches Tam maun ride... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 σελίδες
...their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit... | |
| Lady Maria Callcott - 1824 - 376 σελίδες
...moment white, then lost for ever ; Or like the rainbow's fleeting form, Evanishing amid the storm ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place. No man can tether time or tide : The hour approaches, —-we must ride." And so we did. — We walked... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 464 σελίδες
...way wi' pleasure . Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower — its bloom is shed ! Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the Borealis race, That flit... | |
| Francis S. Higginson - 1825 - 586 σελίδες
...But pleasures are like poppies spread, We seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the Borealii race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amidst the storm ; Or, like the snow falls in the river, A moment white, then fades for... | |
| John Bull - 1825 - 782 σελίδες
...pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tarn was glorious, O'er a" the ills o' life victorious. But-pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Or lilte the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Oi like the borealis race,... | |
| 1825 - 668 σελίδες
...violets, Stealing and giving odour." I mention these things to shew, as I think, that pleasures are not " like poppies spread , You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Or like ihe snow-fall in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1826 - 464 σελίδες
...pleasures are not " Like poppies spread, You seize the flower, the bloom is shed, Or like the snow, falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever...point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." On the contrary, I think they leave traces of themselves behind them, durable... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1826 - 462 σελίδες
...pleasures are not " Like poppies spread, You seize the flower, the bloom is shed, Or like the snow, falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever...point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." On the contrary, I think they leave traces of themselves behind them, durable... | |
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