 Ev'n thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate, That fate is thine— no 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, inexorable lord ! At whose destruction-breathing...  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 2531879Full view - About this book
 | Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 176 pages
...-human pride 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...crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, Shall be thy doom ! VOL. n. ODE III. -LHY form has a resistless grace, And gladness is thy dwelling-place, Ah, soft enslaver... | |
 | John Wolcot - 1804 - 178 pages
...human pride or canning driv'n To Mis'ry's brink, Till wrench'd of ev'ry 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... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...s!ii 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...crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, Shall be thy doom ! EPISTLE TO A YOUNG FRIEND '. M»y ,I7gS. I LANG hae thought, my yonthfu' friend, A something to have... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 440 pages
...driven To misery's brink, Till, 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...plough-share drives, elate, Full on thy bloom, Till crushed beneath the furrow's weight, Shall be thy doom. I have seldom met with an image more truly... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 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...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 than that of... | |
 | 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...crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, Shall be thy doom ! AFTON WATER. FLOW gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...sink ! Ev'n thou who mourn'st the daisy's fate, That f ale is thine — no 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 ! TO RUIN. L ALL hail ! inexorable lord ! At whose destruction-breathing word, The mightiest empires... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...human pride or 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...beneath the furrow's weight, • Shall be thy doom ! ^ 170. An Essay upon unnatural Flights in Poetry. LANDSDOWNB. As when some image of a charming face,... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1818 - 400 pages
...human pride or 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...ploughshare drives, elate, Full on thy bloom ; Till crushed beneath the furrow's weight Shall be thy doom'! In this month, early potatoes are set, hedges... | |
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