 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...  English Poets of the Eighteenth Century - Seite 309herausgegeben von - 1918 - 364 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1909 - 340 Seiten
...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 ere you can point...rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. ROBERT BURNS. I claim you still, for my own love's sake ! Delayed it may be for more lives yet, Through... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 266 Seiten
...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 ere you can point...Evanishing amid the storm. — Nae man can tether 6 time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun7 ride; 1 Rair, roar. * Among, among. 3 Ladts, loads.... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 Seiten
...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 race, That flit ere you can point...Evanishing amid the storm : Nae man can tether time or tidej The hour approaches Tans maun ride. * • • ' • * » * Before him Doon pours all his floods;... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1806 - 416 Seiten
...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 ere...Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tarn maun ride. * * * * * * Before him Boon pours all his floods; The doubling storm roars thro' the... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 Seiten
...Y, 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...night's black arch the key-stane, That dreary hour he mounts his beast in -. And sic a night he taks the road in, As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in.... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1809 - 914 Seiten
...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 ere you can point...rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." * But the charm will be renewed; and real poetry will always delight, as it re-appears, in spite of... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 Seiten
...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...night's black arch the key-stane, That dreary hour he mounts his beast in ; And sic a night he taks the road in, As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The... | |
 | Thomas Garnett - 1811 - 354 Seiten
...has it left behind. 'Tis 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...rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm.* IT seems as if my whole life had been a life of misery, while the swift moments of happiness have scarce... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 Seiten
...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...Tam maun ride ; That hour, o' night's black arch the key stanc, That dreary hour he mounts his beast in j And sic a night he taks the road in, As ne'er... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 350 Seiten
...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 ere you can point...rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. "s But the charm will be renewed ; and real poetry will always delight, as it re-appears, in spite... | |
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