...Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himself amang the nappy ; As bees flee hame wi' lades7 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...

...Intoxicating draughts are swallowed, which produce a temporary elevation above their accumulated evils, — " Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious !" So feel many of these poor unfortunates, you may call them sinners if you please. Under the influence...

...the Bounty seemed to imagine that the day of departure would never come : " But pleasures are lite poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts for ever ; Or like the Borealis race, That flit...

...hiatus oalde laerymabiles. — (1834)— Southey. The Doctor, ch, iv. A. 1 (vol. ip 16). A for All. Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills of life victorious. Burns. Tarn (fShanter, vol. iu. p. 154, Chambers' ed. AARE, sb. [Etym. Кoт. ara,...

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...Tam did na 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...seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed : Or like the snowfall in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit...

...E'en drowned himself amang the nappy ! As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes winged their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tam...pleasures are like poppies spread, — You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snowfall in the river, — A moment white — then melts for...

...mind the storm a whistle. The minutes winged their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tarn was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious....pleasures are like poppies spread, — • You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ;/ Or like the snowfall in the river, — A moment white — then melts for...

...E'en drowned himself amang the nappy ! As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, I The minutes winged their way wi' pleasure : Kings may be blest, but Tam...pleasures are like poppies spread, — You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snowfall in the river, — A moment white — then melts for...

...The storm without might rair and rustle — Tam didna mind the storm a whistle. The minutes winged their way wi' pleasure: Kings may be blest, but Tam...pleasures are like poppies spread,— You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; Or like the snowfall in the river, — A moment white — then melts for...