 | Robert Burns - 1826 - 288 pages
...lades o' treasure, Thc minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but '/'-/,.•,• was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious....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... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Poets, Scottish - 1828 - 324 pages
...perceive that, in all this, though there was no moral purpose, there is a moral effect. * .I •* " Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills of life victorious." " What a lesson do these words convey of charitable indulgence for the vicious... | |
 | English literature - 1829 - 832 pages
...Tarn did na mind the storm a 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,...wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tarn was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.". We beg our readers will pay particular attention... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1830 - 50 pages
...rustle, Tarn didna mind the storm a whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy ; As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure,...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 - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...rustle, Tarn did na mind the storm a whistle. Care, mad to nee a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himserf among the nappy ; As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure,...wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tarn was glorious O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. pread, You seize the flow*r, its bloom is shed... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en diown'd himself among the nappy. As bees flee hame wi' ladee о' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure • Kings may be blest, but Tarn was glorions, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. But pleasures are like popples spread. You... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...flee hame wi' lades o' treasThe 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, [shed ; You seize the flow'r, its bloom is 1 Ale. " Worthless fellow. » Idle talker. * Every time... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poetry, Modern - 1834 - 236 pages
...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy ; Aa bees flee name wi' lades u' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure;...But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flowe-1, jts bloom is shed ; Or, like the snow .alls in the river, A moment white— then melts for... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 356 pages
...— Tam did na mind the storm a 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,...pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er sf the ills o' life victorious. But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1835 - 440 pages
...the storm a whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy ; As hees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings may he hlest, hut Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! Or like the horealis raee, That... | |
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