 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...  Fashionable Amusements - الصفحة 189بواسطة Denny R. Thomason - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 205عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Robert Burns - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 906
...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 ; That hour, o* night's black... | |
 | 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 396
...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 form, Evanishing amid the storm." This is very true. The men of pleasure have been amongst the most miserable of men. If we wish to be... | |
 | Thomas William Baxter AVELING - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 72
...snow-falls in a river, A moment white — then melt for ever ; Or like the Borealis race, That flit ere we can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." But if you refuse to give your heart to the Divine Saviour when he calls, how can we expect you to... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 374
...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 be as boisterously maintained... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 372
...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 be as boisterously maintained... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 564
...like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow-falls in the river, Or like the borealis' race, That flits ere you can...rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. Ed. Pleasure is seldom found, when sought as an end. or where it is most eagerly sought. It was designed... | |
 | Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 112
...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 ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. ROBERT BURNS. LIFE IN EARNEST. TELL me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 322
...snow-fails 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 form Evanishing amid the storm. A Bard's Epitaph.—Is there aman, whose judgment clear Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs,... | |
 | Caroline Augusta Soule - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 410
...snow-falls in the river, A moment while — then melts forever ; Or like the borealis racej That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." To THE SAME : June 23. * * * "You urge me to express my judgment on the question, whether you would... | |
 | John Aikin - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 792
...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 ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm.— Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tarn maun ride ; That hour, o' night's black... | |
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