 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 266 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts tor ever ; ******* Or like the rainbow's lovely... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Garnett - 1811 - 354 pages
...enjoyed in this little excursion, I can scarcely think it real, so faint a trace has it left behind. 'Tis 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 place ; Or like the rainbow's... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 444 pages
...treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tarn was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the ftow'r, its bloom is shed ! Or Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...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 sei/e the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts... | |
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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 place ; Or like the rainbow's... 
