 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1815 - 434 pages
...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 a' the ills...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... | |
 | William O'Regan - 1817 - 342 pages
...works are like to poppies strewn, You seize the fiWr, the bloom is gone : Or, like the snow, falls in the river, A moment white, then melts for ever ; Or, like the Borealis' race, Which flits ere you can point the place; Or, like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amidst the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 354 pages
...minutes vving'd their way wi' pleasure: Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills of life victorious ! But pleasures are like poppies spread,...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... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...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 a' the ills o' life victorious. VOL. i. T But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...esteemed as one of his dullest performances. The following lines, however, are extremely beautiful: " 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... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 358 pages
...Pleasures are like the poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls on the river, A moment white, then melts for ever; Or, like the Borealis race, That flits ere you can point the place ; Or, like the Rainbow's lovely form, Vanishing amid the storm."... | |
 | English literature - 1823 - 816 pages
...gear." Honest Tibby, with quaking heart and nimble hand, cuts the /,-itnt. but, as Barns observes, Pleasures are like poppies spread — You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed : first one covering is taken off, and then another, (for they are as numerous as the grave-digger's... | |
 | William Banks - English language - 1823 - 462 pages
...Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, — its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls hi the river, A moment white, — then melts for ever ; Or like the horealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the hills o' life victorious. But pleasures are like poppies...bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the river, ••• 1, • / A moment white — then melts for ever ; i " Or like the borealis race, That flit... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 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...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... | |
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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... 
