 | 1831 - 426 pagine
...October, 1774. NO seulptur'd marble here, nor pompous lav, " No storied um nor animated bust," 1 ms simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust. • This was our Poet's first attempt. THE CHEVALIER'S LAMENT. THE small birds rejoice in the green... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 368 pagine
...: — "HERE LIES ROBERT FERGUSSON, POET, " Born, September 5th, 1751— Died, ICth October, 1774. " No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay, 'No storied...Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust." On the other side of the stone is as follows : " By special grant of the managers to Robert Burns,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1834 - 206 pagine
...be antidtni HERE LIES ROBERT FERGUSON, POET. Born September 5th, 1751.— Died 16th October, 1774. No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay, " No storied...Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her Poet's dust. On the other side of the stone is as follows: u By special grant of the managers to Robert Burns, who... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1834 - 360 pagine
...follows:— " HERE LIES ROBERT FERGUSSON, POET, " Bom, September 6th, 1751—Died, 16th October, 1774. "No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No...Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust." On the other side of the stone is as follows : " By special grant of the managers to Robert Burns,... | |
 | 1834 - 404 pagine
...died 17th July 1790. Here lies Robert Fergusson, poet. Born 5th September 1751, died October 16, 1774. No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay, No storied...Scotia's way, To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust. By special grant from the managers to Robert Burns, this stone is to remain for ever sacred to the... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 356 pagine
...FERGUSSON. Here lies ROBERT FEROUSSON, Poet. Bom, September 5, 1751 ; Died, Oct. 15, 1774. No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, " No storied urn nor...Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust. Some social friends of both bards have added monumental iron-work to the simple head-stone which Burns... | |
 | 1834 - 222 pagine
...one genuine poet has traced on the tombstone of another. They are as follows : — " No sculptured marble here nor pompous lay, No storied urn nor animated...Scotia's way, To pour her sorrows o'er her Poet's dust." Leaving the cemetery, the stranger will observe, on the opposite side of the street, an odd-looking... | |
 | 1834 - 386 pagine
...Fergnsson, poet. Born 5th September 1751, died October 16, 1774. No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompons lay, ^ No storied urn, nor animated bust ; This simple...directs pale Scotia's way, To pour her sorrows o'er her poetfs dust By special grant from the managers to Robert Bums, this stone is to remain for ever sacred... | |
 | Charles Lesingham Smith - 1835 - 156 pagine
...the whole runs thus: — Here lies Robert Fergusson, Poet ; Born Sept. 5, 1751, Died Oct. 16, 1774. No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay, No storied...Scotia's way, To pour her sorrows o'er her Poet's dust. By special grant of the Managers To Robert Burns, who erected this stone, This burial-place is ever... | |
 | Charles Lesingham Smith - 1837 - 376 pagine
...the whole runs thus : — Here lies Robert Fergusson, Poet ; Born Sept. 5, 1751. Died Oct. 16, 1774. No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay, No storied...Scotia's way, To pour her sorrows o'er her Poet's dust. By special grant of the Managers To Robert Burns, who erected this stone, This burial-place is ever... | |
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No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust. 
