 | 1826 - 310 pagine
...lap of earth A youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown : Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Misery (all he had) a tear, He... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 286 pagine
...lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to mis'ry all he had — a tear ;... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pagine
...lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to misery (all he had) a tear, He gain'd... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 pagine
...lap of Earth, A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had — a tear, He... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pagine
...lap of Earth A Youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown : Fair Science frown d not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear ; He gain'... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pagine
...lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere: Heaven did a recompense as largely send. He gave to misery all he had—a tear : He gain'd... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pagine
...of earth', A youth to fortune and to fame unknown*; Fair science frowri'd not on his humble birth', And melancholy mark'd him for her own*. Large was his bounty', and his soul sincere* ; Heav'n did a recompense as largely send* : Hpgave to mis'rv all he had* — a tear*;... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 pagine
...of Earth A Youth , to Fortune and to Fame unknown : Fair Science frown' d not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heav'n did a recompence as largely send; He gave to Misery ( all he had ) a tear, He... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pagine
...lap of Earth A Youth to Fortune, and to Fame unknown : Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gain'd... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pagine
...lap of earth, A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heav'n did a recompence as largely send : He gave to mis'ry all he had, a tear; He gain'd... | |
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Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere... 
