...him at his word, and no more trace be found of his " Rhymes" upon the onward tide of time than of " the snow-falls in the river, A moment white, then melts for ever !" It might be some increasing consciousness of the frail tenure by which he holds his rank among the...

...they kindled a fire and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold." Pleasures are like, poppies spread, You seize 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...

...regrets ? The evanescent nature of such gratifications is fully adequate to produce this effect, for Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower,...shed; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white—then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flits ere you can point their place;...

...a better instance of this than the following passage from Tarn d' Shanter : — ' But pleasures arc 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, '...

...alone, generally comes into the world with a heart melting at every fictitious distress. Goldsmith. But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower,...the river, A moment white — then melts for ever. Burnt. MELTING CONE, in assaying, a hollow cone of brass or cast iron, into which melted metalline...

...Theodonui. Hear how the birds, on every bloomy spray, With joyous musick wake the dawning day. Pope. ߣ "< 1829 Printed for T. Tegg" Curtis Thomas" Thomas Cur Burn». One spot exists — which ever blooms, Even in that deadly grove. Byron. Bride of A bydia....

...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 shed." So saith Robert Burns ; and, truth to speak, his distich was never more effectually verified than at...

...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...borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; TAM O' SHANTER. . ' . i. i . i . " ' . I1 . . » •V . •M . ..:'... -i I '. . .. r .; .' .. :\...

...regrets? The evanescent nature of such gratifications is fully adequate to produce this effect, for Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower,...then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flits ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm.*...

...regrets? The evanescent nature of such gratifications is fully adequate to produce this effect, for Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower,...shed ; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white—then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race, That flits ere you can point their place ;...