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" Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.' 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 grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by ... - Page 32
by Robert Blair - 1804
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 8

John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...'custom'd hill, Along the heath and near his farourite tree ; 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 [borne. Slow through the church-way path we saw him Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay,...
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The Wreath: A Collection of Poems from Celebrated English Authors

English poetry - 1821 - 282 pages
...accustom'd hill, Along the heath, and near his fav'rite tree ; Another came, nor yet beside the rill, JVor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he. The next, with dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the chin chway path we saw him borne, Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, 'Grav'd...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 29

Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 584 pages
...custom'd hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree ; 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 can'st read) the lay,...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which Improprieties in Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - Elocution - 1822 - 404 pages
...accustom'd hill, Along the heath, and near his fav'rite tree ; 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, Grav'd...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...custom'd hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree; ' 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 [borne,— Slow through the church-way path we saw him Approach and read (for thou canst read) the...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and ...

John Walker - Elocution - 1823 - 406 pages
...accustora'd hill, Along the heath, and near his fav'rite tree; Another came, nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood, was he. The next...lay, Grav'd on the stone : beneath yon aged thorn. Here the words, thou canst are emphatical, as they are evidently opposed to / cannot, which are understood...
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...accustoni'd hill, " Along the heath, and near his fav'rite tree ; " 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 churchway path we saw him borne. " Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, "...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...accustom'd bill, Along the heath, and near his fav'rite 'tree, Another came, nor yet beside the rill, Ndr up the lawn, nor at the wood was he. The next, with 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...
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The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With Lord Byron's English ...

William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...'custom'J hill. Along the heath and near his fav'rite tree ; 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...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...custom'd hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree. Another came ; nor yet beside the rill, through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Grav'd...
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