 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 страница
...You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-fails in the river, A moment white—then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race, That flit...the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. A Bard's Epitaph.—Is there aman, whose judgment clear Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs,... | |
 | Thomas Smibert - 1852 - 126 страница
...seize the flower — its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white, then gone for ever ; Or like the Borealis race, That flit ere...rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." Long and short syllables alternately form the regular rhythm of this kind of verse; but occasional... | |
 | Caroline Augusta Soule - 1852 - 412 страница
...flow'r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-fulls in the river, A moment while — then melts forever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point...rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." TO THE SAME : June 23. * * * " You urge me to express my judgment on the question, whether you would... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 страница
...Pleasures are like 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;...ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's iovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. Burns. The youth, who bathes in pleasure's limpid streams At... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 страница
...But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed Or like the snow-lalls in the river, A moment white— then melts for ever...rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." Next instant he returns to Tam ; and, humanized by that exquisite poetry, we cannot help being sorry... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 1232 страница
...pleasures are not " Like poppies spread, You seize the flower, th« bloom is shed, Or like the enow-falls in the river, A moment white— then melts for ever;...rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." On the contrary, I think they leave traces of themselves behind them, durable and delightful even in... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 254 страница
...But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed Or like the snow-tails in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever...rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." Next instant he returns to Tam ; and, humanized by that exquisite poetry, we cannot help being sorry... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 страница
...You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed Or like the snow-lalls in the river, A moment white—then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race, That flit...rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." Next instant he returns to Tam; and, humanized by that exquisite poetry, we cannot help being sorry... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 980 страница
...— its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow, falls in the river, A moment white — then melts forever ; Or like the Borealis race, That flit ere you can point...rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. — .Vii. man can tether time or tide, The hour approaches, Tarn maun ride ; That hour o' night's black... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 страница
...its bloom is shed! Or, like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; V Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point...rainbow's lovely form. Evanishing amid the storm! t Nae man can tether time or tide ; ^ The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o' night's black... | |
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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... 
