...spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed Or like the snowfalls 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...

...O'er a' the ills of 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 forever; Or like the Borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's...

...flow'r—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 their place; Or like the*rain bow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm.— Nae man can tether time or tide, The hour...

...Kings may he hlest, hut Tum was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! Or like the horealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainhow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. — Nae man can tether time or tide : The hour approaches...

...in a series of beautiful similes : — But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow falls in the...the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Tossed on the waves of an incongruous experience, elevated by his gifts, depressed by his condition,...

...pleasures are like poppies spread; We snatch the flower, the bloom is fled; Or like the snow-falls on 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. LADY...

...thoughts are floating in the brain, and probably about to die into nothing, to vanish away for ever, — " Like the Borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or, like Ihe snow falls in the river, A moment seen, then lost for ever " ; upon that comes this potent interceder,...

...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;...place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing am'nl the storm — Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride , That hour...

...Books are all " like poppies spread, We seize the flower, the bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever...rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." If no works were published but those professedly written for the press, printers might leave off business....

...flow'r, its bloom is shed ! Or like the snowfall 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." Were there ever such beautiful reflections upon such a scene ? And think of the suddenness of the transition...