| 1876 - 396 Seiten
...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...point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." This is very true. The men of pleasure have been amongst the most miserable... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1849 - 290 Seiten
...— 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 lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. — Nae man can tether time or tide, The hour approaches, Tam maun ride... | |
| Robert Burns - 1849 - 906 Seiten
...Or like the enow-falls in the river, A niumeat white — then melts for ever ; Or like the boreali» 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... | |
| Pliny Miles - 1850 - 372 Seiten
...flower, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow fells 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 lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. Tarn o'Shanter. BURNS. 41. A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand, Must... | |
| Pliny Miles - 1850 - 374 Seiten
...flower, 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 lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. Tarn o'Shanter. BURNS. 41. A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand, Must... | |
| John Aikin - 1850 - 764 Seiten
...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 ere you can point their place j Or like the rainbow's lovely form F'.vani'hing amid the storm.— Nae man can tether time or tide;... | |
| Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 Seiten
...snow-'alls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever I Or like the borealis race, That Sit 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... | |
| Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 Seiten
...snow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts forever; Or like the boreahs race. That fiit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nac man can tether time nor tide: The hour approaches Tam maun ride —... | |
| Jeremy J. Smith - 1996 - 194 Seiten
...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...point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. (Kinsley 1968:444-445) In Scots, the rhyme-pair bush: thrush did not exist;... | |
| Alex Davis, Lee M. Jenkins - 2000 - 318 Seiten
...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...point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm.56 This same passage surely underpins not the vocabulary but several key... | |
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