...felt the transitory nature of human enjoyment, he has told us in a series of beautiful similes : — 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 forever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit...

...felt the transitory nature of human enjoyment, he has told us in a series of beautiful similes : — But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow.r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the sno tv falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That...

...hame wi' ladesb o" treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure ; Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious....poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is sued ; Or like the snow-falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis...

...mind the storm a whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himsel' amang the nappy. As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes...wing'd their way wi' pleasure. Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious ; O'er all the ills o' life victorious." Falstaff must be set down as a humorous character...

...acknowledged beauty he challenges a place beside the best of those who have written in English verse alone. But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed! Or like the snow-flake in the river, One moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race That flit...

...mind the storm a whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy ; As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes...wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills of life victorious ! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You...

...mind the storm a whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy; As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes...wing'd their way wi' pleasure: Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills of life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize...

...;" and then, by imagery of unequalled loveliness, illustrates an universal and everlasting truth : " 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...

...felt the transitory nature of human enjoyment, he has told us in a series of beautiful similes : — 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...

...hame wi' ladesb o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure ; Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious....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...