Thy snawie bosom sunward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies... Odes and Sonnets - Page 941859 - 107 pagesFull 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
...earth Thy tender form. The flaunting flow'rs our gardens yield, High sheltering woods an' wa's maun shield; 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 sunward spread, Thou... | |
| John Wolcot - 1804 - 178 pages
...tender form. i The flaunting flow'rs our gardens yield, High sheltering woods an' wa's maun shield ; 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 sunward spread, Thou... | |
| 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
...yield, High sheltering woods and wa's mann shield ; But thou beneath the random bield O' clod or stain;, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There,...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 - 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... | |
| Robert Burns - Scotland - 1815 - 364 pages
...But thou beneath the random bield O' elod or stane, Adornt the histie stibble-Jield, Unseen, alane. Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; •...But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Sueh is the fate of artless maid, Sweet Jiom'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplieity betray'd,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...stane, Adorns the hislie stilllejield, Unseen, alane. There in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snavrie bosom sunward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise , But now the share up tears thy bed. And low * i ic HI lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet fiuwret of the rural... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...field, Unseen, alone. There in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snowy bosom sunward spread, Thou lii't'st thy unassuming head In humble guise; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! SIMPLICITY. BY HANNAH MORE. HAIL, artiest- Simplicity, beautiful maid, In the genuine attractions... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1818 - 400 pages
...earth Thy tender form. The flaunting flow'rs our gardens yield, High shelt'ring woods and wa's maun shield ; But thou beneath the random bield O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble fold, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou... | |
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