 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...  Modern Accomplishments, Or, The March of Intellect - 269 페이지저자: Catherine Sinclair - 1836 - 344 페이지전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | John D. Post - 1842 - 314 페이지
...flower, its bloom is sped ; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts forever ; Or like the borealis' race, That flit ere you can...place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." 8. " As the stern grandeur of the gothic tower Awes not so deeply in its morning hour,... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 페이지
...pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is sued ; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever...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 ; That hour... | |
 | 1902 - 874 페이지
...like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed! Or like the snow-flake in the river, One moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the...place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Thenceforward for a time the poet holds a middle course. The dialect is full, but not... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 604 페이지
...example of devotion to a fixed object, dating from a period at which literary plans are mostly dreams or " Like the borealis race. That flit ere you can point their place." The pages which he gave to the world, as well as those which remained to be written, were planned by... | |
 | 1872 - 812 페이지
...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 melts for ever...place ; Or, like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid t ho storm." But the pleasures of piety, on the contrary, are as permanent as they are pure; as... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 페이지
...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...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! That hour,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 432 페이지
...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;...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 and... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 248 페이지
...spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed Or like the snowfalls in the river, A moment white—then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race, That flit...place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." Next instant he returns to Tam; and, humanized by that exquisite poetry, we cannot... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 페이지
...— its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow, falls in the river, A moment white — then melts forever; Or like the Borealis race, That flit ere you can point...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 ; That hour o' night's... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 페이지
...flow'r—its bloom is shed ; Or like 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*rain bow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm.— Nae man can tether time or tide, The hour... | |
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