...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...seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ! Or like the snowfall in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit...

...felt the transitory nature of human enjoyment, he has told us in a series of beautiful similes : — But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize 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 rainbow's...

...felt the transitory nature of human enjoyment, he has told us in a series of beautiful similes : — But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow.r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the sno tv falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That...

...wing'd their way wi' pleasure. The cricket raised its cheering cry, The kittlen chased its tail in joy. Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. " A poem which Campbell, Wordsworth, and Scott have praised, and on which Cooper has employed his pencil,...

...need ask no more " Than just a highland welcome." " But pleasures," says the same delightful poet, "are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its...in the river, A moment white, then melts for ever." Accordingly, the sudden retire of the bright sun, and re-commencement of the snow-storm, warned me...

...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himsel' amang the 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 all the ills o' life victorious." Falstaff must be set down as a humorous character ; the kindly, loving...

...acknowledged beauty he challenges a place beside the best of those who have written in English verse alone. But pleasures are 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 borealis race That flit...

...;" and then, by imagery of unequalled loveliness, illustrates an universal and everlasting truth : " But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the...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...

...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy ; As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure...may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills of life victorious ! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r — its bloom is shed...

...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy; As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure:...may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills of life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r—its bloom is shed...