 | Aeschylus - 1831 - 332 Seiten
...somewhat similar accumulation of images to illustrate the fugitive nature of earthly pleasures. — " 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... | |
 | Denny R. Thomason - 1831 - 212 Seiten
...regrets? The evanescent nature of such gratifications is fully adequate to produce this effect, for 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 flits... | |
 | 1831 - 334 Seiten
...smiling at her disappointment, said, But pleasures are like poppies shed, You catch the flower, the bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then lost for ever. " I will promise," said Mrs Grey, as they arrived at the hotel, " that Bertha's pleasure... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 Seiten
...the ills o' life victorious. pread, 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 boreal is race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing... | |
 | 1832 - 206 Seiten
...and beds of pleasaut green, Where never yet was creeping creature seen. THOMSON. CASTLK OF IXDOLEXCK. 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... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 Seiten
...taste and genius that blessed the sweet charities of private life by which I was then surrounded^. But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the...the river, A moment white — then melts for ever. This second edition is published with the ardent hope that it may, in some sort, contribute to teach... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1834 - 236 Seiten
...pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flowe-1, jts bloom is shed ; Or, like the snow .alls in the river, A moment white— then melts for ever...you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's Jovely form Evanishing amid the storm. — Nae man can lether lime or tide ; The hour approaches Tarn... | |
 | Henry Junius Nott - 1834 - 238 Seiten
...begun to assume a halcyon aspect " But," to make a quotation that we will not mar by retrenchment, " 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 ewr ; VOL. I.— B , Or Jike the borealis... | |
 | 1836 - 496 Seiten
...direction of the pupil upwards, so much so, indeed, as frequently to be lost beneath the upper lid. " But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed : Or, like the enow, falls in a river, A moment white— then melts for ever." These raptures have been known to melt... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1836 - 360 Seiten
...But pleasures are, like poppies spread We snatch the flow'r, the bloom is fled Or like the snow falls in the river A moment white, then melts for ever. Or like the borealis race That flit e'er you can point their place, Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amidst the storm. 13URN8.... | |
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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 ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can pomt their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely... 
