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 British anthology; or, Poetical library - Page 30by British anthology - 1825Full view - About this book
| 1809 - 530 pages
...cheerfully diou glinted forth Amid the storm, Scarce r«ar'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 ! ' III. p. 201, 202. There are many touches of the same kind in most of the popular and beautiful... | |
| Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 176 pages
...But thou, beneath the random bield O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibbh-jield, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom...unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share up tears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flowet of the rural shade... | |
| John Wolcot - 1804 - 178 pages
...Bui thou, beneath the random bield O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-jidd, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom...unassuming head In humble guise ; But now .the share up tears thy bed, And low thou lies! Such is .the fate of artless maid, Sweet jluwrct .of the rural... | |
| Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 pages
...But thou beneath the random bield O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-Jield, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom...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,... | |
| Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...But thou beneath the random bield O' clod or stahe, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom...simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, lite thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i' the dust. Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 356 pages
...walls j kistie, dry, chapt, barren. Thou lifts thy unassuming head, In humble guise; But now the start 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, I Till she, like... | |
| English literature - 1809 - 530 pages
...Cheerfully thou glinted forth Amid the storm, Scarce re'ar'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 !' III. p. 201, 202. There are many touches of the same kind in most 6f the popular and beautiful poems... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...But thou beneath the random bield O' clod or stain;, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom...unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share upteara thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless Maid, Sweet floweret of the rural... | |
| Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...But thou, beneath the random bield O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom...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... | |
| Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...random hield O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen ulane. There, in thy scantie mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou...thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the sbare uptears thy bed, An' low thou lies! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flew'ret of the rural... | |
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