 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...But thou beneath the random-bield, O' clod or stane : Adorns the histie stibble field, Unseen, alaue. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread ; Thou liftst thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lie*.... | |
 | 1855 - 120 pages
...maun shield t But thou, beneath the random bield O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy...uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, '• Sweet floweret 6f the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betrayed, And guileless... | |
 | John Veitch - 1887 - 388 pages
...maun shield ; But thou, beneath the random bield 0' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy...unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptcars thy bed, And low thou lies ! Even thou who mourn'st the daisy's fate, That fate is thine —... | |
 | William Roetzheim - 2006 - 760 pages
...stane, adorns the histie stibble-field, unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, thy snavvy bosom sunward spread, thou lifts thy unassuming head...uptears thy bed, and low thou lies! Such is the fate of artless Maid, sweet flow'ret of the rural shade! By love's simplicity betrayed, and guileless trust,... | |
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O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie 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 share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate... 
