 | 1859 - 764 pagina’s
...University of Glasgow. Died 17th Sept. 1779.) " 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 ever." (Tarn O'Shanter; a Tale by Robert Bums, Dr. Currie, edit. 1825, p. 68.) GN Index to Periodicals. —... | |
 | James Ballantine - 1859 - 634 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | James Peddie (of Edinburgh.) - 1860 - 200 pagina’s
...Intoxicating draughts are swallowed, which produce a temporary elevation above their accumulated evils, — " Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious !" So feel many of these poor unfortunates, you may call them sinners if you please. Under the influence... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1860 - 442 pagina’s
...crowds of more deserving contemporaries. Books are all ' like poppies spread, We seize the flower, the bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white, then melts far ever : Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place, Or like the rainbow's... | |
 | 1861 - 356 pagina’s
...straight, but leaves a living joy behind. CAMPION. 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 forever; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. Ah, how empty, ah, how fleeting,... | |
 | Simon Kerl - 1861 - 372 pagina’s
...illustrate the same subject; as,— "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 melt forever," £o.—Burns: Tarn O'Shanter. But the same picture must not be monstrous,—partly one... | |
 | Johannes Scherr - 1862 - 358 pagina’s
...ju bebenfen, ba§ fein Sletben ib,re eigene 2age nur »ег|"ф1штегп fönne. îlllein *) — Pleasures are like poppies spread. You seize the flowr, 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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 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...seize the flow'r, 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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 332 pagina’s
...E'en drowned himself amang the nappy ! As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes winged their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tam...pleasures are like poppies spread, — You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snowfall in the river, — A moment white — then melts for... | |
 | Campbell Gillon - 1991 - 236 pagina’s
...differences. The first is that the world's joy is haphazard — a matter of chance. As Robert Burns puts it: Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snowfall in the river, A moment white — then melts forever. The world's joys and pleasures are spread... | |
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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... 
