 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 pagine
...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 pagine
...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 pagine
...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 pagine
...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 pagine
...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'...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,... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 pagine
...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...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 pagine
...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...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pagine
...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy ; As bees flee name wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure....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... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pagine
...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 river, A moment white, then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race, ^Thal flit ere you can point their place } Or like the rainbow's lovely... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 444 pagine
...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... | |
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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... 
