 | Robert Burns - 1815 - 364 pagina’s
...happy, E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy, As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wiog'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life vietorious. But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ; Or like... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 pagina’s
...happy, E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy; As bees flee name wi' lades o' treasure, The 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, You seize the flow'r — its bloom is shed... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 pagina’s
...E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy; As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd cheir 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, You seize the flow 'r— its bloom is shed;... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1820 - 458 pagina’s
...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'eu drown'd himself amang the nappy, As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure...poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ; U 2 Or Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1820 - 470 pagina’s
...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....poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ; U 2 Or Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 pagina’s
...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy; As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure:...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 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 pagina’s
...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy ; As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure...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... | |
 | 1829 - 660 pagina’s
...to see a man sac 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:...glorious, -- O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.” 4 - We beg our readers will pay particular attention t¿ this passage, fot' it is that from which the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pagina’s
...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himsel amang 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 hills o' life victorious. But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is... | |
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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... 
