 O clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies! Such is the fate...  Lays and Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century - Pagina 851863Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charles Lanman - 1842 - 272 pagina’s
...daisy ; and recalling to mind the following lines by Burns, we acknowledge their wisdom and truth ; " Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of...betrayed, And guileless trust ; Till she, like thee, all soiled is laid Low in the dust. " Such is the fate of simple bard, On Life's rough ocean luckless starred... | |
 | Lucy Hooper - 1842 - 304 pagina’s
...There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snowy bosom sunward spread, Thou lift'st thy unassuming head In humble guise : But now the share uptears thy bed, And low it lies 1 THE MICHAELMAS DAISY. ANON. LAST smile of the departing year, Thy sister-sweets are flown... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pagina’s
...Tlicro, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sunward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share up-tears thy bed,...flow'ret of the rural shade ! 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... | |
 | Margaret Prior, Sarah R. I. Bennett - 1844 - 342 pagina’s
...unspeakable,' through all my heavenward pilgrimage ? If so, how much I want it." The living lost. — " Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flowret of...betrayed, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soiled is laid Low i' the dust." — BURKS. Some three years since, in my accustomed walks, I gave... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 484 pagina’s
...There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawyP bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed,...thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet floweret of the rural shade 1 By love's simplicity betrayed, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 pagina’s
...There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies !" — vol. iii. p. 201, 202. There are many touches of the same kind in most of the popular and beautiful... | |
 | 1844 - 784 pagina’s
...: " There in ihy scanty mantle clad Thy snowy bosom sunward spread, Tliou lifts ihy unassuming head In humble guise, But now the share uptears thy bed And low ihou lies 1" " Such is thffatf of simple bard On life's rough ocean luckless starred." But he learned... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 846 pagina’s
...alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sunward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed,...thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet floweret of the rural shade ! H By love's simplicity betrayed, And g-uileless trust, Till she, like... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pagina’s
...There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise : But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such fate to suffering worth is given, Who long with wants and woes has striven, By human pride or cunning... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pagina’s
...sun ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming h^ad In humhle guise ; But now the share uptears thy hed, And low thou lies ) Such is the fate of artless Maid, Sweet ßuwerct of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity hetray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee,... | |
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