 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 river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race That flit ere you can point their...  Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Página 199por Robert Burns - 1800Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 páginas
...its bloom is shed ; Or lilte the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Oi 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 Tarn maun ride... | |
 | Francis S. Higginson - 1825 - 586 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 462 páginas
...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...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 - 464 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1826 - 288 páginas
...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;...you can point their place ; Or, like the rainbow's lov ;ly form Evanishing amid the storm.— Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tarn... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - 1826 - 226 páginas
...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...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;... | |
 | Samuel Thomas Bloomfield - 1826 - 664 páginas
...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 Jlit ere you can point their place; Or like the Rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm."... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 464 páginas
...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 ; Or like the borcalis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing... | |
 | George Beattie - 1826 - 130 páginas
...pleasures arc like poppies spread, \ou seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls hi the river, A moment white— then melts for ever; Or like the borcalis race, That Hit— ere yon can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing... | |
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