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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 given, Who long with wants and woes has... "
The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: With a Sketch of the Author's Life - Page 229
by Robert Burns - 1864
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The Beauties of English Poetry: Selected from the Most Esteemed ..., Volume 2

Peter Pindar - 1804 - 176 pages
...or cunning driv'n To Mis'ryVbrink, Till wrench'd o'f -ev'ry stay but Heaven, He, ruin'd, sink'! Ev'n thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate, That fate is thine—'...plough-share drives elate Full on thy bloom, Till, crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, Shall be thy doom ! VOL. n. ODE III. -LHY form has a resistless...
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The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed ..., Volume 2

John Wolcot - 1804 - 178 pages
...stay but Heaven, He, ruin'd, sink ! Ev'n thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate, That fate is thine-' BO 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 ! VOL. n. ODE III. JL li Y form has a resistless...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Collated with the Best Editions, Volumes 1-2

Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 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...plough-share drives, elate, Full on thy bloom. Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, Shall be thy doom ! EPISTLE TO A YOUNG FRIEND '. M»y ,I7gS. I...
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The Works of Henry Mackenzie, Volume 6

Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 440 pages
...hard, And whelm him o'er ! Such fate to suffering worth is given, Who long with wants and woes has striven, By human pride or cunning driven To misery's...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...
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The British Essayists, Volume 37

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 366 pages
...wrench'd of every stay but Heaven, He ruined sink. Ev'n thou who mourn'st the daisy's fate, Tbatfnte Is thine • No distant date ; Stern Ruin's plough-share drives, elate, Full on thy bloom, Till crush'd beneath the furrows weight, Shall be thy doom. I have seldom met with an image more truly pastoral...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 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...plough-share drives, elate, Full on thy bloom. Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, Shall be thy doom ! AFTON WATER. FLOW gently, sweet Afton, among...
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The poetical works of Robert Burns

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...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

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...plough-share drives elate Full on thy bloom ; Till, crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, • Shall be thy doom ! ^ 170. An Essay upon unnatural Flights...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

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...crushed beneath the furrow's weight Shall be thy doom'! In this month, early potatoes are set, hedges repaired, trees lopped, and wet lands drained. Poplars,...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 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...ploughshare drives, elate, Full on thy bloom, Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, Shall be thy doom ! TO RUIN. ALL hail ! inexorable lord ! At whose...
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