 | 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
...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
...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....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... | |
 | Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 pages
...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' the ills...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 - 326 pages
...the nappy, As bees Dee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills...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 - 510 pages
...lines, which deserve the name of poetry in the truğ 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 pages
...nappy ; As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills...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 pages
...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."... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...the nappy ; As bees flee name wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure. Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills...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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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... 
