 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1855 - 616 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...fate to suffering worth is giv'n, Who long with wants arid woes has striv'n, By human pride or cunning driv'n To mis'ry's brink, Till wrench'd of ev'ry stay... | |
 | Animals in literature - 1855 - 120 pages
...life's rough ocean luckless starred i Unskilful he to note the card ....t ! • * Of prudent lore, TiQ billows rage, and gales blow hard, 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,... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1855 - 510 pages
...simplicity betray'd, And guileless breast ; 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, Unskillful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1855 - 478 pages
...simplicity betray'd, And guileless breast; Ttll 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, Unskillful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears 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... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears 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... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - Floriculture - 1855 - 296 pages
...Histie, dry. tt Stibble-jield, a, field covered with stubble — the stalks of corn left by the reaper. 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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 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...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,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 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...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... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 574 pages
...is laid Low in the dust. Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starred ! nowned as he, The sons of Albion ; fearing each to...Some note of Nature's music from his lips, And cov Snch fate to suffering worth is given, Who long with wants and woes has striven, By human pride or... | |
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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... 
