 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...  The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life - Página 169por Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 394 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Robert Burns - 1793 - 420 páginas
...pleafures are like poppies fpread, You feize the flower, its bloom is fhed ; Or like the fnow falls in the river, A moment white- then melts for ever ; Or like the Borealis race, That flit ei e you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanifhing amid the ftorm — .... | |
 | 1797 - 980 páginas
...flower, its bloom is fled : Is there a Bard of ruftick fong, Or, like the fnov», falls in the river, Л moment white, then melts for ever : Or, like the borealis race, That (lit ere ye can point their place : Or, like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanifliing amid the dorm."... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 266 páginas
...minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be bless'd, but Tarn was glorious, O'er a'5 the hills 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... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 páginas
...treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings mny 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; 1 Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 páginas
...way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! i But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ; Or Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race,... | |
 | Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 páginas
...treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure j 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 flow'r, its bloom is shed ; O^ like the snow-falls in a river, A moment white then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race,... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 páginas
...treasure, The minutes wing'd 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 flow Y, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 páginas
...lines, which deserve the name of poetry in the tru» sense of that word. Such are the following: " But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the...snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts tor ever ; ******* Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm." — (Vol. III. p.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 páginas
...treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! But pleasures are like...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... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 páginas
...nothing in them. We may say with Burns, These " pleasures are like poppies spread ; You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the...white, then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race, ^Thal flit ere you can point their place } Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm."... | |
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