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... Fashionable Amusements - Page 189by Denny R. Thomason - 1831 - 205 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1909 - 340 pages
...snowfall in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. ROBERT BURNS. I claim you still, for my own love's sake ! Delayed it may be for more lives yet, Through... | |
| John Moore - 1793 - 644 pages
...falls upon the river, A moment white — then melts for ever , Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place } Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanifhing aniid the ftorm*. The fame ficklenefs which the French have difplayed in a manner fo ftriking,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1794 - 300 pages
...falls in the river, A moment white then melts for ever; • Or like the borealis race, .. That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanifliing amid the ftorm.— Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride... | |
| Robert Burns - 1798 - 308 pages
...falls in the river, A moment white— —then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanifhing amid the ftorm. — Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tarn maun ride... | |
| Robert Burns - 1800 - 300 pages
...falls in the river, A moment white— —then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evaniming amid the ftorm. — Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride ;... | |
| Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 266 pages
...snow falls in the river, A moment white then melts for ever ; Or 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 6 time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun7 ride; 1 Rair, roar. * Among,... | |
| Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 464 pages
...fnow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanifhing amid the ftorm. — Nae man can tether 6 time or tide •, The hour approaches Tam maun... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 pages
...snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or 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 tidej The hour approaches Tans maun ride. * • • ' • * » * Before... | |
| Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pages
...snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or 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 Tam maun ride ; That hour, o' night's black... | |
| Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 pages
...the snow-falls in a river, A moment white then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishin amid the storm. — • Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tttm maun ride... | |
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