 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 262 pages
...bird of its young* : 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',...youth to fortune and to fame unknown*; Fair science frowri'd not on his humble birth', And melancholy mark'd him for her own*. Large was his bounty', and... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...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, Heav'n did a recompence as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had — a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 292 pages
...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...fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science frowned not ou his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. 14 Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A Youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown; Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy inark'd him for her own. 15 Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." » The Epi'aph. Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Large was his bounty,... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 pages
...Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, « Grav' d on the stone beneath yon aged thorn. » 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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...borne, Approach and read (for thou canst read) the layr 'Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn. 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - English language - 1829 - 318 pages
...can be true, she ayerr'd. And 1 lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tonguej 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 marked him for her own= Large was his bounty, and his... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English wit and humor - 1839 - 320 pages
...him borne ; Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay He always brings upon a Christmas morn ! Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven...largely send ; He gave to misery (all he had) a tear, And never failed on Sundays to attend ! No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...borne, 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...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... | |
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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 frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. 
