 | 1909 - 340 pages
...that is by Yoga, that is by " attention and practice." WILLIAM H. KIRBY. EVANESCENT PLEASURES. But 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 ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 266 pages
...pleasure : Kings may be bless'd, but Tarn was glorious, O'er a'5 the hills 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 ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 pages
...wi' pleasure : Kings mny be blest, but Tarn was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. But 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 ever; Or like the borealis... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 pages
...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 form Evanishing amid the storm." — (Vol. III. p.... | |
 | 1829 - 840 pages
...indeed rallied us upon the occasion ; and I thought Julia never appeared half so beautiful as now. " But pleasures are like poppies spread : You seize the flower, its bloom is »he«J." So saith Robert Burns ; and, truth to speak, his distich was never more effectually verified... | |
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 pages
...recovering soon, her visage rears, All moist and trickling with her Ipver's tears." Jerusalem Delivered. " 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... | |
 | 1832 - 358 pages
...a word, what is pleasure? but what the immortal Scottish bard tells us — " 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... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...lines, however, are extremely beautiful: " 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 place ; Or... | |
 | Lady Maria Callcott - 1824 - 376 pages
...breaking up a pleasant party — " Pleasures are like poppies spread, — You seize the flower, the bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the river, — A moment white, then lost for ever ; Or like the rainbow's fleeting form, Evanishing amid the storm ; Or like the borealis... | |
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 pages
...pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tarn 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 lilte the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Oi like the borealis race,... | |
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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 Tarn maun ride — That hour o... 
