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. THE ENGLISH READER - Page 173by Lindley Murray - 1827Full view - About this book
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