2 Metaphors for luckless

"The almond blossoms in the vale; The aloe from the rock Throws out its long and prickly leaves, Nor dreads the tempest's shock: A blessed land, I ween, is that, Though luckless is its Bey.

After z also, the poets sometimes drop the s: as, "Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, When first from Shiraz' walls I bent my way.

2 Metaphors for  luckless