 | Robert Burns - 1797 - 304 pages
...bees flee hame wi' lades o' treafure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleafure : Kings may be bleft, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! But pleafures are like poppies fpread, You feize the flow'r, its bloom is fhed ; Or ( 199 ) Or like the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1798 - 308 pages
...bees flee hame wi' lades o' treafure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleafure : Kings may be bleft, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! But pleafures are like poppies fpread, You feize the flow'r, its bloom is fhed ; 0* Or like the fnow falls... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 266 pages
...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himself amang* the nappy, As bees flee hame wi' lades 3 o' * treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be bless'd, but Tarn was glorious, O'er a'5 the hills o' life victorious ! But pleasures are like poppies... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 pages
...whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy, As bees flee barae wi ' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings mny be blest, but Tarn was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. But pleasures are like poppies... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 pages
...storm a whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy ; As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their...was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! i But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ; Or Or like the... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1806 - 416 pages
...storm a whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy. E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy, . As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their 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... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pages
...storm a whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy, As bees Dee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their...But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow Y, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for... | |
 | Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 pages
...storm a whistle. Care, mad to sec a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himsel amang the napj>y ! As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure j Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! But pleasures are... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 pages
...lines, which deserve the name of poetry in the tru» sense of that word. Such are the following: " 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 tor ever ; ******* Or like the rainbow's lovely... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy ; As bees flee name wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way...victorious. But pleasures are like poppies spread, You sei/e the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts... | |
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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... 
