 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 point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely...  Shirley, by Currer Bell - Page 442by Charlotte Brontė - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 614 pages
...name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. IV. PLE ASCRE. — BURNS.* Bur pleasures are like poppies spread, — You seize the flower — its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-fails in the river, — A moment white — then lost forever ; Or like the borealis... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1863 - 938 pages
...highest gratification. Many devote their lives to pleasure as the chief end of their existence. JBut 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 forever/ Others worship wealth as... | |
 | Rosa Vertner Jeffrey - American fiction - 1864 - 368 pages
...pleasure of this newly found happiness, which served to fill their cup of joy almost to overflowing. "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 forover; Or,- like the borealis... | |
 | Frances Williams-Wynn - Anecdotes - 1864 - 404 pages
...virtues, and that he was mortal. * The first six lines resemble some in Burns's Tarn O'Shanter : ' 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... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1864 - 186 pages
...gathered them, and they had disappeared. True it is, indeed, that delays are dangerous ! • " Our 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 gone for ever." I have a very pleasant... | |
 | Frederick Hinde - 1864 - 150 pages
...be gathered from Scotland's glorious Burns ; they are all telling, all illuminated with vitality : " pleasures are like poppies spread ; You seize the flower — its bloom is shed ; Or as the snow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1865 - 336 pages
...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 snowfall in the river, — A moment white — then melts for ever ; l Or like the borealis... | |
 | 1865 - 344 pages
...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 snowfall in the river, — A moment white — then melts for ever; * Or like the borealis... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...thegither. Ibid. Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. RM. 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. ibid. That hour, o' night's... | |
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1865 - 310 pages
...catch the streaming rays that fly From eternity's own light. Sarah Martin. XXXIII. WORLDLY JOYS. UT 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 ; Or like the Borealis race,... | |
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