 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...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 rough ocean luckless staTr'd, Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till hillows rage, and gales blow hard, And... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...simplicity bctray'd, And guiltless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd is laid • Low i' the dust. Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean...! Such fate to suffering Worth is giv'n, Who long witn wants and woes has striv'n, By human pride or cunning driv'n To Mis'ry's brink, Till wrench'd... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1818 - 400 pages
...thy unassuming head In humble guise; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! » * * * Such fate to suffering worth is giv'n, Who long with...woes has striv'n, By human pride or cunning driv'n To misery's brink; Till, wrenched of every stay but Heatv'n, He, ruined, sink. Ev'n thou, who mourn'st... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...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 rough...prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, i And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering worth is giv'n, Who long with wants and woes has striv'n,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...simplicity betray'H, : 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 rough ocean...prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, i And whelm him o'er ! Such fate to suffering worth is jfiv'n, Who long with wants and woes has striv'n,... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 802 pages
...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 rough ocean...And whelm him o'er ! Such fate to suffering worth is given, Who long with wants and woes has striven, By human pride or cunning driv'n To Misery's brink,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 354 pages
...simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low in the dust. Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean...gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er ! Such fate to suff'ring worth is given, Who long with wants and woes has striven, By human pride or cunning driven... | |
 | English essays - 1823 - 354 pages
...is laid Low in the dust. On life's rough ocean luckless starr'd ! Such is the fate of simple bard, Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till...gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er ! Such fate to suffring worth is given, Who long with wants and woes has striven, By human pride or cunning driven... | |
 | Louise Swanton-Belloc - 1824 - 400 pages
...betray'd , And guilcless trust, Till she, like thee, allsoil'd, islaid Low i' the dust. Such is the fatc of simple Bard , On life's rough ocean luckless starr'd ? Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore j Till billows rage , and gales blow hard , Aud whelm him o'cr ! Such fate to saffi-ring-worth is giv'n... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, Jike thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i' the dust. Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean...And whelm him o'er. 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... | |
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... spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like... 
