 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...  The Works of Robert Burns - Pągina 300per Robert Burns - 1840 - 820 pąginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 pągines
...nappy, As bees flee barae wi ' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings mny be blest, but Tarn was glorious, O'er a' the ills...pleasures are like poppies spread; ^ You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; 1 Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1806 - 416 pągines
...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..."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... | |
 | Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 pągines
...hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure j Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious...poppies spread, You seize the 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,... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pągines
...storm a whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy, As bees Dee 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 ills o' life victorious. But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 pągines
...lines, which deserve the name of poetry in the tru» sense of that word. Such are the following: " 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 tor ever ; ******* Or like the rainbow's lovely... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pągines
...the storm a whistle. A 2 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' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 434 pągines
...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 ills o' life victorious....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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 pągines
...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,...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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 pągines
...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' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 pągines
...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 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... | |
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