 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...  Memoirs of a Cadet - Pagina 144door Albert Fenton - 1839 - 338 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1909 - 340 pagina’s
...flower, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snowfall in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. ROBERT BURNS. I claim you still, for... | |
 | John Moore - 1793 - 644 pagina’s
...• had the fate • • Of fnow that falls upon the river, A moment white — then melts for ever , Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place } Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanifhing aniid the ftorm*. The fame ficklenefs which the French... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1794 - 300 pagina’s
...its bloom is Ihed ; * Or like the fnow 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 like the rainbow's lovely form Evanifliing amid the ftorm.— Nae man can tether time or tide... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1798 - 308 pagina’s
...bloom is fhed ; 0* Or like the fnow 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 like the rainbow's lovely form Evanifhing amid the ftorm. — Nae man can tether time or tide... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 300 pagina’s
...bloom is ftie.d ; Or Or like the fnow 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 like the rainbow's lovely form Evaniming amid the ftorm. — Nae man can tether time or tide ;... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 242 pagina’s
...flower, its bloom is fhed ; Or like the fnow 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 like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanifhing amid the ftorm. — Nae man can tether 6 time or tide... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 pagina’s
...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 race, That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm : Nae man can tether time or tidej The... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pagina’s
...Y, 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 place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. — Nae man can tether time or tide... | |
 | Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 pagina’s
...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, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishin amid the storm. — • Nae man can tether time or tide... | |
 | Thomas Garnett - 1811 - 354 pagina’s
...has it left behind. 'Tis 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 like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm.* IT seems as if my whole life had been... | |
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