 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 pagine
...bonre, Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, 'Grav'don tiie stone beneath yon aged torn." THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth,...humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. targe was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send. He gave to rais'ry... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 358 pagine
...Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn. " THE ZPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of Earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown, Fair Science...gave to Misery all he had, a tear ; He gain'd from Heaven ('t was all he wish'd) a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, . Or draw his frailties... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 pagine
...poor bird of its young : AnJ 1 lov'd her the more, when 1 heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. Epitaph. . • Here rests his head upon the lap of...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 from... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 192 pagine
...but as Mr. Mason observes, " without it, we have only his morning walk and his noon-tide repose." THE EPITAPH.* Here rests his head upon the lap of earth...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, Hegain'dfrom heav'n... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pagine
...unknown ; Fair science frovvn'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. Larsje was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven did a...had — a tear; He gain'd from Heav'n, ('twas all he wish'd)a friend. No further seek his meHis to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,... | |
 | 1821 - 270 pagine
...aged thorn." , THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to feme unknown ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth,...was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send. He gave to mis'ry all he had — a tear ; He gain'd from heaven ('twas... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 584 pagine
...Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.' THE EPITAPH* HERE rests his head upon the lap of Earth...humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. • Before Ibe Epitaph, Mr. Gray originally inserted a very beautiful stanza, which was printed in... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pagine
...that plunder forbear ! And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. Epitaph. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth,...science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven did a recompence as largely... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pagine
...thorn." THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of eartb, A youth to fortune and to fame unknowu ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And...was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send. He gave to mis'ry all he had— a tear ; He gain'd from heaven ('twas all... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pagine
...Approach and read (for thon canst rend] thé lay, « Grav' d on the stone beneath yon aged t horn . » THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth...mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soûl sincere; Heav'n did a recompence as largely send; He gave to Misery ( ail he had ) a tear, He... | |
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The Epitaph 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... 
