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... Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors - Seite 22von John Timbs - 1829 - 360 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Hazlitt - 1826 - 464 Seiten
...him at his word, and no more trace be found of his " Rhymes" upon the onward tide of time than of " the snow-falls in the river, A moment white, then melts for ever !" It might be some increasing consciousness of the frail tenure by which he holds his rank among the... | |
| General reader - 1827 - 246 Seiten
...they kindled a fire and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold." Pleasures are like, poppies spread, You seize the...snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts forever; • Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's... | |
| D R. Thomason - 1827 - 230 Seiten
...regrets ? The evanescent nature of such gratifications is fully adequate to produce this effect, for Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower,...shed; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white—then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flits ere you can point their place;... | |
| 1827 - 674 Seiten
...a better instance of this than the following passage from Tarn d' Shanter : — ' But pleasures arc 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, '... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 810 Seiten
...alone, generally comes into the world with a heart melting at every fictitious distress. Goldsmith. But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower,...the river, A moment white — then melts for ever. Burnt. MELTING CONE, in assaying, a hollow cone of brass or cast iron, into which melted metalline... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 Seiten
...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.... | |
| 1829 - 866 Seiten
...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 ; and, truth to speak, his distich was never more effectually verified than at... | |
| Robert Burns - 1830 - 50 Seiten
...O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow•r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the...borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; TAM O' SHANTER. . ' . i. i . i . " ' . I1 . . » •V . •M . ..:'... -i I '. . .. r .; .' .. :\... | |
| Denny R. Thomason - 1831 - 212 Seiten
...regrets? The evanescent nature of such gratifications is fully adequate to produce this effect, for Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower,...then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flits ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm.*... | |
| Denny R. Thomason - 1831 - 218 Seiten
...regrets? The evanescent nature of such gratifications is fully adequate to produce this effect, for Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower,...shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white—then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race, That flits ere you can point their place ;... | |
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