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.

Robert Burns

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The ephemeral Pleasure Flowers Snow

Author

Robert Burns

Source

Tam O'Shanter

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Burns, Robert. "Tam O'Shanter." 1790.

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