 Even thou who mourn'st the daisy's fate, That fate is thine — no distant date ; Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives elate, Full on thy bloom, Till crushed beneath the furrow's weight, Shall be thy doom ! — BURNS.  The British Essayists - Page 305redigeeritud poolt - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 lehte
...By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i* the dust. " Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's...suffering worth is given, Who long with wants and woes has striken, By human pride or cunning driven To misery's brink, Till, wrench'd of every stay but Heaven,... | |
 | 1857 - 336 lehte
...is laid Low F the dust. " Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starred : Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till...human pride or cunning driven To misery's brink, Till, wrenched of every stay but Heaven, He, ruined, sink ! " Even thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate, That... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 lehte
...simple Bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starr'd ! Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, The billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er...woes has striven, By human pride or cunning driven To mis'ry's brink, Till, wrench'd of ev'ry stay but Heaven, He, ruin'd, sink ! Ev'n thou who mourn'st... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 lehte
...he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'ei. 7. Such fate to suffering worth is given, Who long with wants and woes has striven,By human pride or cunning driven To misery's brink, Till, wrench'd of every stay but Heaven,... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1859 - 284 lehte
...By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i' the dust. Such is the fate of simple Bard, On life's...has striven, By human pride or cunning driven, To mis'ry's brink, Till wrenched of ev'ry stay but lleaven, He, ruin'd, sink I Even thou who mourn'st... | |
 | Severn river - 1859 - 408 lehte
...soiled, is laid Low i' the dust. Such is the fate of simple Bard, On life's rough ocean luckless-starred: Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till...human pride or cunning driven To misery's brink, Till wrenched of every stay but Heaven, He, ruined, sink. Even thou who mournst the daisy's fate, That fate... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1859 - 736 lehte
...ocean luckless starr'd I Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gules blow hard, And whelm him o'er ! Such fate to suffering...human pride or cunning driven To misery's brink, Till wrenched of every stay but Heaven, He, ruined, sink ! Even thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate, That... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 lehte
...By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soiled, is laid Low i' the dust. Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's...suffering worth is given, Who long with wants and woes has striv'n. i Sheltor. a Dry. By human pride or cunning driv'n To misery's brink, Till wrenched of every... | |
 | England - 1860 - 532 lehte
...is laid Low i' the dust. Such is the fate of simple Bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starred : Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till...human pride or cunning driven To misery's brink, Till, wrenched of every stay but Heaven. He, ruined, sink. Even thou who mournst the Daisy's fate, Tluitfate... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 312 lehte
...soiled, is laid Low i' the dust. s the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starred, 0 Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till...human pride or cunning driven To misery's brink, Till, wrenched of every stay but Heaven, He, ruined, sink ! " Even thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate, That... | |
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