 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 of artless maid, Sweet floweret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless...  The World's Best Poetry ... - Page 1561904Full view - About this book
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...cheerfully thou glinted forth Amid the storm, Scarce rear'd above the parent earth Thy tender form. " There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom...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... | |
 | Margaret Prior, Sarah R. I. Bennett - Christian biography - 1844 - 342 pages
...If so, how much I want it." The living lost. — " Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flowret of the rural shade, By love's simplicity betrayed,...she, like thee, all soiled is laid Low i' the dust." — BURKS. Some three years since, in my accustomed walks, I gave the Advocate to a lady who kept a... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1845 - 846 pages
...maun shield : But thou, beneath the random bield O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy...of artless maid, Sweet floweret of the rural shade ! H By love's simplicity betrayed, And g-uileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soiled, is laid Low... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...maun shield ; But thou, beneath the random bield6 O' clod or stane, Adorns7 the histie stibble-field,8 Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy...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... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...shield ; But thou, beneath the random bield 2 O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie 3 stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy...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,... | |
 | 1846 - 374 pages
...stane, Adorns the histie slibble- field, Unseen, alane. " There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawy bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head...thou lies ! " Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow' ret of the rural shade, By love's simplicity betrayed, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee,... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1847 - 704 pages
...maun shield ; But thou, beneath the random bield* O' clod or stane. Adorns the histie" stibble-ßeld, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy...thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless Maid, Sweet ßuv> Vet of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee,... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawy bosom sunward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head...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 thee,... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - 1848 - 238 pages
...hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy tender stem ; " Thou in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawy bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head...thou lies!" " Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet Jlotc'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guiless trust, Till she, like thee,... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - 1848 - 222 pages
...mantle clad, Thy snawy bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; Bttt 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 guiless trust, Till she, like thee,... | |
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