 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 ere you can point...  The Saturday Magazine - Page 2041841Full view - About this book
 | John Calvin Hartzell - Ohio - 2005 - 281 pages
...forcibly than words that the balance in the clearing house was heavy against me, and I soon realized 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 forever." 1 And another old truth was borne in upon... | |
 | Glenn W. LaFantasie - History - 2006 - 456 pages
...flooded his emotions, Gates called to mind some lines written by his favorite poet, Robert Burns: "But pleasures are like poppies spread, you seize the flower, its bloom is shed." 11 On June 5, Hood's men—including Gates and the i5th Alabama— watched from atop a railroad embankment... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 2006 - 398 pages
...burst fitful from morsels of coal among the red cinders: the group were happy enough, but'Pleasures are like poppies spread; You seize the flower - its bloom is shed.' The dull, rumbling sound of wheels was heard on the pavement in the yard. 'It is the carriage returned,'... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 2006 - 470 pages
...burst fitful from morsels of coal among the red cinders: the group were happy enough, but'Pleasures are like poppies spread; You seize the flower - its bloom is shed. 1 The dull, rumbling sound of wheels was heard on the pavement in the yard. 'It is the carriage returned,'... | |
 | John Davey - 2007 - 405 pages
...purpose lies in the pursuit of pleasure. It is a doomed quest as Robert Bums (1759 - 1796) lamented: "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 forever." As sure as the pursuit of pure and proper... | |
 | Neil Bone - Science - 2007 - 183 pages
...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 place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the stormNae... | |
 | Sam Pickering - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 220 pages
...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 place; / Or like the rainbow's lovely form / Evanishing amid the... | |
 | Pamela Odih - Business & Economics - 2007 - 249 pages
...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 rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide (quoted in Hepburn... | |
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