 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pàgines
...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...wrenched of every stay but Heaven, He, ruined sink ! Neebor — neighbour. Lark — " I have seldom" says Mackenzie, " met with an image more truly pastoral,... | |
 | 1845 - 480 pàgines
...life, a portion, at least, of the prudence of more maturedage. " Ev'n thou who moum'stthe sapling's fate, \ That fate is thine— no distant date; Stern ruin's ploughshare drives elate Full on thy bloom, TiH crush'd beneath the furrow's weisht Shall be thy doom ! " Learn, then, betimes,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pàgines
...starred ! . Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er. Such fate to suffering worth is...has striven ; By human pride or cunning driven To mis'ry's brink ; Till wrenched of every stay but Heaven, He, ruined, sink. 1 Peeped. ! Shelter. »... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pàgines
...luckless starr'd ! Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till 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 striv'n, By human pride or cunning driv'n To mis'ry's brink, Till wrench 'd of ev'ry stay but Heav'n,... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 pàgines
...luckless starred : Unskilful he to note the card, Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er. Such fate to suffering worth is...distant date ; Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives, elate, Full on thy bloom ; Till crushed beneath the furrow's weight. Shall be thy doom. SONG. The gloomy night... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pàgines
...or cunning driv'n. To mis'ry's brinK, Till wrench'd of evVy stay but Hcav'n, He, ruin'd, sink ! E'vn thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate That fate is thine — no distant date ; Stem Ruin's plough-share drives, elate, Full on thy bloom, Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight,... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pàgines
...Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er. Such fate to suffering worth is giren, Who long with wants and woes has striven ; By human pride or cuaning driven, To misery's brink ! Till wrenched of every stay but heaven, He, ruined, sink ! Even... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pàgines
...blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering worth is given, Who long with wants and woes had striven, By human pride or cunning driven To misery's...wrenched of every stay but Heaven, He, ruined, sink! Even thon who mourn'st the daisy's fate, That fate is thine—no distant date; Stern Ruin's ploughshare... | |
 | 1851 - 390 pàgines
...past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem." The poet's moral in the last stanza is also worth recalling : " Ev'n thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate, That fate is thine...distant date ; Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives, elate, Full on thy bloom, Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight Shall be thy doom." of the Daisy,—to... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pàgines
...luckless starred! Unskilful he to note the card Of prndent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering worth is given, Who long with wants and woes had striven, By human pride or cunning driven To misery's brink, Till wrenched of every stay but Heaven,... | |
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Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering worth is... 
