 | Richard Hiley - 1846 - 144 str.
...miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear." Ex. 10. " Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower — its bloom is shed," Examples 9 and 10, illustrate comparison. Ex. 11. " How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon the bank ;... | |
 | Royal Institution of Cornwall - 1848 - 556 str.
...though mysterious. They are so evanescent and so changeable, that it may almost be said they are " Like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white —...for ever : Or like the borealis race, That flit ere ye can point the place." This renders them difficult to sketch, however I have endeavored to represent... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - 1848 - 468 str.
...CURSE of pleasure is on my brow." 6. But pleasures arc like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r — its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the river, — A moment white — then lost forever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's... | |
 | Thomas William Baxter AVELING - 1849 - 72 str.
...they are. Beautifully has si rare, but, alas ! unhappy poet, said, and he spake that which he knew, " Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls in a river, A moment white — then melt for ever ; Or like the Borealis race, That flit ere we can point... | |
 | 1876 - 396 str.
...make her one whit happier. Others seek their happiness in pleasure, but the poet tells us that — ' " 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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 str.
...way wi' pleasure; Kings may be blest, but Tarn was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower,...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... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 372 str.
...fall, Arts fade— but Nature doth not die. Childe Harold — Canto 4, Stanza 3. BTRON. ROME. 40. — Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the 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... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 374 str.
...fall, Arts fade— but Nature doth not die. Childe Harold — Canto 4, Stanza 3. BYRON. ROUE. 40. — 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 forever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 566 str.
...bstler, and not a little relieved in point of anxiety by the vote on the Catholic question." " But pleasures are like poppies spread — You seize the...the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melt for ever; Or like the Borealis race, That flit ere you can point the place; Or like the rainbow's... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 560 str.
...better, and not a little relieved in point of anxiety by the vote on the Catholic question." " But pleasures are like poppies spread — You seize the...the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melt for ever; Or like the Borealis race, That flit ere you can point the place ; Or like the rainbow's... | |
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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 snow falls in the river, a moment white — then melts for ever; or like the Borealis' race, that flit... 
