 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
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 σελίδες
...needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked inwards, and found her there. Dryden. cvm. 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... | |
 | 1829 - 846 σελίδες
...indeed rallied us upon the occasion ; and I thought Julia never appeared half so beautiful as now. " But pleasures are like poppies spread : You seize the flower, its bloom is shed." So saith Robert Burns ; und, truth to speak, his distich was never more effectually verified than at... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 σελίδες
...Theodonui. Hear how the birds, on every bloomy spray, With joyous musick wake the dawning day. Pope. ߣ "< 1829 Printed for T. Tegg" Curtis Thomas" Thomas Cur Burn». One spot exists — which ever blooms, Even in that deadly grove. Byron. Bride of A bydia.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1830 - 50 σελίδες
...pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow•r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever...borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; TAM O' SHANTER. . ' . i. i . i . " ' . I1 . . » •V . •M . ..:'... -i I '. . .. r .; .' .. :\... | |
 | 1831 - 426 σελίδες
...pleasures are like popples spread. You seize the flow'r, its bloom is (bed; 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. — Nae man can tether lime or tide; The hour approaches Tarn maun ride... | |
 | Aeschylus - 1831 - 332 σελίδες
...somewhat similar accumulation of images to illustrate the fugitive nature of earthly pleasures. — " 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... | |
 | Aeschylus - 1831 - 352 σελίδες
...somewhat similar accumulation of images to illustrate the fugitive nature of earthly pleasures. — " 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... | |
 | Denny R. Thomason - 1831 - 212 σελίδες
...regrets? The evanescent nature of such gratifications is fully adequate to produce this effect, for 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 flits... | |
 | 1831 - 334 σελίδες
...smiling at her disappointment, said, But pleasures are like poppies shed, You catch the flower, the bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then lost for ever. " I will promise," said Mrs Grey, as they arrived at the hotel, " that Bertha's pleasure... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 σελίδες
...the ills o' life victorious. pread, You seize the flow*r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the boreal is race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing... | |
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