 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 522 Seiten
...pleasures, has had the fate Or snow that falls upon the river, A moment white — then melts for everOr like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm.* The same fickleness which the French have displayed in a, manner so striking,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 Seiten
...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...point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing'amid the storm. — Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 Seiten
...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;...point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. — Nae man can tether time or tide — The hour approaches Tam maun ride... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 Seiten
...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...point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm." Page 18. " The fam'd Sir Walter sings." Upon the poetical productions of... | |
 | 1832 - 358 Seiten
...Pleasures are like the poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls on the river, A moment white, then melts for ever; Or, like the Borealis race, That flits ere you can point the place ; Or, like the Rainbow's lovely form, Vanishing amid the storm."... | |
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 Seiten
...Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, — its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls hi the river, A moment white, — then melts for ever ; Or like the horealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 Seiten
...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...point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. — Nae man can tether time or tide — • The hour approaches Tam maun... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 Seiten
...Or like the snow-falls in the river, ••• 1, • / A moment white — then melts for ever ; i " 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 — The hour approaches Tam maun ride... | |
 | Lady Maria Callcott - 1824 - 376 Seiten
...moment white, then lost for ever ; Or like the rainbow's fleeting form, Evanishing amid the storm ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place. No man can tether time or tide : The hour approaches, —-we must ride." And so we did. — We walked... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 Seiten
...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...point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. — Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride... | |
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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 their... 
