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" Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad Thy snawie bosom sunward 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... "
The Poets and Poetry of Scotland, from the Earliest to the Present Time ... - Page 366
by James Grant Wilson - 1876
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 13

1809 - 530 pages
...earth Thy tender form. ' There, in thy scanty mantle clad, 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 ! ' III. p. 201, 202. There are many touches of the same kind in most of the popular and beautiful...
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The Beauties of English Poetry: Selected from the Most Esteemed ..., Volume 2

Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 176 pages
...MOUNTAIN DAISY. By love's simplicity betray'd, And guiltless trust, Till she, like thee, -all soil'd, is laid Low i' the dust. Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starr'd ; •Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, "Till billows rage, and gales blow hard,...
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The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed ..., Volume 2

John Wolcot - 1804 - 178 pages
...rural shade ! By love's simplicity 'betray'd, And guiltless trust, Till she, like thcc, all soil'd, is laid Low i' the dust. Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starr'd ; Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Collated with the Best Editions, Volumes 1-2

Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom Sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the...floweret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, lite thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i' the dust. Such is the...
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The Works of Henry Mackenzie, Volume 6

Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 440 pages
...stubble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snowy bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head, In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! tive ; could, cold ; glinted, peeped ; bield, shelter ; stane, stonr ; wa's, walls ; histic) drj,...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share upteara thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless...floweret of the rural shade! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid, Low i' the dust. Such is the...
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 13

English literature - 1809 - 530 pages
...earth Thy tender form. ' There, in thy scanty mantle clad, 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 !' III. p. 201, 202. There are many touches of the same kind in most 6f the popular and beautiful poems...
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Poems, Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the...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...
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The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a ..., Volume 3

Robert Burns - Scotland - 1815 - 364 pages
...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,...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...the rural shade, By love's simplicity bctray'd, And guiltless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd is laid • Low i' the dust. Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starr'd ! Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And...
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