 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...simplicity betrayed, 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 rough ocean luckless starred : Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...simplicity betrayed, 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 rough ocean luckless starred ! Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1854 - 482 pages
...i' the dust. Such ia the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starr'd, Unskillful lie to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage,...To mis'ry's brink ; Till wrench'd of ev'ry stay but Ileav'n, He ruin'd sink. Ev'n thou who mourn'st the daisy's fate, That fate is thine — no distant... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i' tile dust. Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean...prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, Such fate to suffering worth is given, Who long with wants and woes has striven, By human pride or... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pages
...Low i' the dust. Such js the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starr'd; Unskillful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows...gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er. Such fate to suff'ring worth is giv'n, Who long with wants and woes has striv'n, By human pride or cunning driv'n... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Gift books - 1854 - 350 pages
...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 starr'd ! Unskilful he to note the card i Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er ! Such fate to suffering... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uplears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starred ! Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...shade f By love's simplicity betrayed, And guileless trust ; Till she, like thee, all soiled, is laid Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starred : Unskilful he to note the card, Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, Aud... | |
 | Henry Howe - Adventure and adventurers - 1854 - 740 pages
...simplicity betrayed, 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 starred! Unskillful he to note the card|| Of prudent lore. The billows rage, and gales blow hard. And... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pages
...simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, 'Till she, like thee, all soiPd, is laid Low i' the dust. Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean...human pride or cunning driv'n To mis'ry's brink, 'Till wrenched of every stay but Heav'n, He, ruin'd, sink! Ev'n thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate, That... | |
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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... 
