 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...  The Book of Humorous Verse - Page 6241920 - 962 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 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...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... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 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
...whistle. 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...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 - Bibliography - 1806 - 416 pages
...whistle. 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 - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...a whistle. 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...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 - Scottish poetry - 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 ;... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1808 - 558 pages
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 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 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
...whistle. A 2 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...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...whistle. 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...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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