| 1827 - 674 pagina’s
...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...rainbow's lovely form, • Evanishing amid the storm." These similes are among the most plain and simple that can be imagined, and they please the more on... | |
| D R. Thomason - 1827 - 230 pagina’s
...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; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. * * Burn's Tarn O'Shanter. Observation and experience abundantly confirm the truth of the paradox,... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pagina’s
...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...amid the storm — Nae man can tether time or tide. Sums. CIX. There is only one quarter of an hour in human life passed ill, and that is between the calling... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 390 pagina’s
...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 rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm — Wae man can tether time or tide. Burns. CIX. There is only one quarter of an hour in human life... | |
| Robert Burns - 1830 - 50 pagina’s
...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 ; TAM O' SHANTER. . ' . i. i . i . " ' . I1 . . » •V . •M . ..:'... -i I '. . .. r .; .' .. :\... | |
| 1831 - 426 pagina’s
...its bloom is (bed; 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...Evanishing amid the storm. — Nae man can tether lime or tide; The hour approaches Tarn maun ride ; That hour, o' night's black arch the key -stane,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 pagina’s
...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...lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. — Nae man can tethor lime or tide ; The hour approaches Tarn maun ride ; That hour, o night's black arch the key-stone,... | |
| Aeschylus - 1831 - 332 pagina’s
...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...place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amidst the storm." To the safe flock, or to the heaving ship The anchor's grasp ; — to the resplendent... | |
| Aeschylus - 1831 - 352 pagina’s
...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...place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amidst the storm." Ode on Vicissitude. To the safe flock, or to the heaving ship The anchor's grasp... | |
| Denny R. Thomason - 1831 - 212 pagina’s
...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 ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm.* * Burn's Tarn O'Shanter. Observation and experience abundantly confirm the truth of the paradox, that... | |
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