 | Samuel Tyler - 1848 - Počet stránok 222
...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 their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." Were there ever such beautiful reflections upon such a scene ? And think... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - 1848 - Počet stránok 468
...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 lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. — BURNS. 7. Give Pleasure's name to naught but what has passed The authentic... | |
 | Royal Institution of Cornwall - 1848 - Počet stránok 556
...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 — then melts 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... | |
 | 1876 - Počet stránok 396
...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...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 - Počet stránok 290
...— 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... | |
 | Max Kaluza - 1911 - Počet stránok 422
...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 boreal is race, That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - Počet stránok 936
...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 - Počet stránok 194
...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 - Počet stránok 318
...variations: 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...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... | |
 | W. Gifford-Jones - 2000 - Počet stránok 278
...like the snowfall in the river, / A moment white then gone forever, / Or like the borealis rays, / That flit ere you can point their place, / Or like the rainbow's lovely form, / Vanishing amid the storm." Dr. W. eifford-Jones Sang in choir, St. Stephen's Church, Niagara Falls,... | |
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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... 
