 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...borne. Approach, and read (for thou canst read; the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged t horn." THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of Earth,...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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...rests his head U" :n the lap of earl \ youth to fortune; a»'i to faiue unknown Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him...her own. Large 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... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him born. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yon...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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...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,...youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. targe was his bounty, and his... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne, — Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath...earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair scienee frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy inark'd him tor her own. Large was his bounty,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...; 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...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 270 pages
...dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne, Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, 'Grav'd on the stone beneath...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, And... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 278 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Sucli tenderness fall from her tongue. Epitaph. Here rests, his head upon the lap of earth,...youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science frown'd not on Lis humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...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...her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompence as largely send : He gave to Misery all he had, a tear ; He gain'd from Heaven... | |
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Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; The next, with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne: Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged... 
