 | Robert Burns - 1797 - 304 pages
...bees flee hame wi' lades o' treafure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleafure : Kings may be bleft, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! But pleafures are like poppies fpread, You feize the flow'r, its bloom is fhed ; Or ( 199 ) Or like the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1798 - 308 pages
...bees flee hame wi' lades o' treafure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleafure : Kings may be bleft, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! But pleafures are like poppies fpread, You feize the flow'r, its bloom is fhed ; 0* Or like the fnow falls... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 266 pages
...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himself amang* the nappy, As bees flee hame wi' lades 3 o' * treasure, The 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... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 pages
...barae wi ' lades o' 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....spread; ^ You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; 1 Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the borealis... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 pages
...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy ; As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure...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... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1806 - 416 pages
...Care, mad to see a man sae happy. E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy, . As bees flee hame wi' lades o' 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... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pages
...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy, As bees Dee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure...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... | |
 | Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 pages
...amang the napj>y ! As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure j Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a'...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 ;... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1809 - 914 pages
...the charm is gone ; they separate the parts, and find nothing in them. We may say with Burns, Thrse " 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 flit... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy ; As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure...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... | |
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Or like the Borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form / Evanishing amid the storm. 
