| John Wolcot - 1804 - 178 pages
...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 canning driv'n To Mis'ry's brink, Till wrench'd of ev'ry stay but Heaven,... | |
| Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 176 pages
...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'ryVbrink, Till wrench'd o'f -ev'ry stay but Heaven,... | |
| Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 440 pages
...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...wrenched of every stay but heaven, He ruined sink. Ev'n thou who mown'st the daisy's fate, That fate is thine No distant date ; Stern Ruin's plough-share... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 356 pages
...starr 'd ! Unskilful he to note tfie card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales biow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering worth is...human pride or cunning driven To Misery's brink, Till, wrench'd of every stay but Heaven, He ruined sink. Ev'n thou who mourn'st the daisy's fate, That fate... | |
| Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...v'n, By human pride or cunning driv'n To misery's brink, Till wrench'd of every stay but Heav'n^ Ev'n thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate, That fate is thine...distant date ; Stern Ruin's plough-share drives, elate, Full on thy bloom. Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, Shall be thy doom ! EPISTLE TO A YOUNG... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...striv'n, By human pride or cunning driv'n To misery's brink, Till wrench'd of every stay but Heav'n, Ev'n thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate, That fate is thine...distant date ; Stern Ruin's plough-share drives, elate, Full on thy bloom. Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, Shall be thy doom ! AFTON WATER. FLOW... | |
| Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...cunning driv'n To mis'ry's brink, Till, wrench'd of ev'ry stay but Heav'n, He, ruin'd, sink ! Ev'n thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate, That fate is thine — no distant date; Stern Ruin's pleugh.share drives, elate, Full on thy bloom, Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, Shall be thy... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...pride or cunning driv'n To Mis'ry's brink, Till wrench'd of ev'ry stay but Heaven, He ruin'd MDK ! E'en thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate, That fate is thine...distant date: Stern ruin's plough-share drives elate Full on thy bloom ; Till, crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, • Shall be thy doom ! ^ 170. An Essay... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1818 - 400 pages
...cunning driv'n To misery's brink; Till, wrenched of every stay but Heatv'n, He, ruined, sink. Ev'n thou, who mourn'st the daisy's fate, That fate is...distant date : Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives, elate, Full on thy bloom ; Till crushed beneath the furrow's weight Shall be thy doom'! In this month, early... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...or cunning driv'n To mis'ry's brink, Till wrench'd of ev'ry stay but Heavn, He, ruin'd, sink! 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 ! TO RUIN. ALL hail... | |
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