 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
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 Seiten
...may be blest, but Tarn was glorious O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. pread, You seize the flow*r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the...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... | |
 | Aeschylus - 1831 - 332 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1834 - 236 Seiten
...pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flowe-1, jts bloom is shed ; Or, like the snow .alls in the river, A moment white— then melts for ever...you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's Jovely form Evanishing amid the storm. — Nae man can lether lime or tide ; The hour approaches Tarn... | |
 | Henry Junius Nott - 1834 - 238 Seiten
...begun to assume a halcyon aspect " But," to make a quotation that we will not mar by retrenchment, " Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower,...in the river, - A moment white — then melts for ewr ; VOL. I.— B , Or Jike the borealis race, ; That flit ere you can point their place ; J Or like... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 Seiten
...taste and genius that blessed the sweet charities of private life by which I was then surrounded^. 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. This second edition is published with... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1836 - 360 Seiten
...But pleasures are, like poppies spread We snatch the flow'r, the bloom is fled Or like the snow falls in the river A moment white, then melts for ever. Or like the borealis race That flit e'er you can point their place, Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amidst the storm. 13URN8.... | |
 | 1836 - 496 Seiten
...direction of the pupil upwards, so much so, indeed, as frequently to be lost beneath the upper lid. " But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed : Or, like the enow, falls in a river, A moment white— then melts for ever." These raptures have been known to melt... | |
 | John Jacob - 1836 - 374 Seiten
...beautifully alluded to by Burns : " But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, the bloom is shed ! Or like the snow-falls in the river A moment white — then melt for ever : Or like the Borealis race That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's... | |
 | 1836 - 496 Seiten
...upwards, so much so, indeed, ач frequently to be lost beneath the upper lid. " But pleasures nre like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed : Or, like the snuw, falls in a river, A moment white— then melts for ever." These raptures have been known to melt... | |
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