But 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 ere you can point their place : Or like the rainbow's lovely... Revelation and the Ideal - Strana 52podľa George Angier Gordon - 1913 - Počet stránok 427Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
![](https://books.google.sk/books/content?id=9TUNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl) | 1909 - Počet stránok 340
...that is by Yoga, that is by " attention and practice." WILLIAM H. KIRBY. EVANESCENT PLEASURES. But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower,...snowfall 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... | |
![](https://books.google.sk/books/content?id=NKgiAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl) | Robert Burns - 1800 - Počet stránok 308
...flow'r, its bloom is fhed ; Or Or like the fnow falls in the ri 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 Evanifhing amid the ftorm. — Nae man can tether time or tide... | |
![](https://books.google.sk/books/content?id=qK4CAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl) | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - Počet stránok 266
...pleasure : Kings may be bless'd, but Tarn was glorious, O'er a'5 the hills 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... | |
![](https://books.google.sk/books/content?id=PfAdAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl) | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - Počet stránok 908
...wi' pleasure : Kings mny be blest, but Tarn was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. But pleasures are like poppies spread; ^ You seize the 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... | |
![](https://books.google.sk/books/content?id=zwIYAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl) | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1806 - Počet stránok 416
...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, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, ., ,.:... | |
![](https://books.google.sk/books/content?id=rPIkAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl) | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - Počet stránok 354
...the charm is gone ; they separate the parts, and find nothing in them. We may say with Burns, These " 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, ^Thal flit... | |
![](https://books.google.sk/books/content?id=m7ECAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl) | 1829 - Počet stránok 840
...indeed rallied us upon the occasion ; and I thought Julia never appeared half so beautiful as now. " But pleasures are like poppies spread : You seize the flower, its bloom is »he«J." So saith Robert Burns ; and, truth to speak, his distich was never more effectually verified... | |
![](https://books.google.sk/books/content?id=WnoOAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl) | William Banks - 1823 - Počet stránok 462
...recovering soon, her visage rears, All moist and trickling with her Ipver's tears." Jerusalem Delivered. " Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, — its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls hi the river, A moment white, — then melts for ever ; Or like the horealis race, That... | |
![](https://books.google.sk/books/content?id=aEcFAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl) | 1832 - Počet stránok 358
...a word, what is pleasure? but what the immortal Scottish bard tells us — " Pleasures are like the poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls on the river, A moment white, then melts for ever; Or, like the Borealis race, That flits... | |
![](https://books.google.sk/books/content?id=ou8SAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl) | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - Počet stránok 406
...way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but 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... | |
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