...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, The minutes wingM their way wi' pleasureKings may be blest, but Tarn was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious....

...who cannot perceive that, in all this, though there was no moral purpose, there is a moral effect ' Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.' What a lesson do these words convey of charitable indulgence for the vicious habits of the principal...

...who cannot perceive that, in all this, though there was no moral purpose, there is a moral effect. ' Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a" the ills o' life victorious.' What a lesson do these .words convey of charitable indulgence for the vicious habits of the principal...

...who cannot perceive that, in all this, though there was no moral purpose, there is a moral effect. ' Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.' What a lesson do these words convey of charitable indulgence for the vicious habits of the principal...

...reprobate and his cronies, set forth in two lines, the most vivid that revelry was ever told in ; — " Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a" the ills o' life victorious." The transition from the careless, riotous enjoyment at the warm ingleside, by a different strain, giving...

...stories ; The landlord's laugh was ready chorus : The storm without might rair and rustle — Tarn did na mind the storm a whistle. Care, mad to see...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...

...flew, that the young men of the Bounty seemed to imagine that the day of departure would never come : " But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts for ever ; Or like the Borealis race, That flit...

...beautiful kind. For instance, where he says, just after the lines — " King's may be blest, but Tain was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious."...But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever...

...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, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure1 Kings may be blest, but Tarn was glorious,, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. But pleasures...

...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy ; As bees flee hame wi' lades7 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...