 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 288 pages
...heard , Such tendernefs fall from her tongue. EPITAPH. Here refts 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 mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his foul fmcere ; Heav'n did a recompenfe as largely... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pages
..." The next, with dirges due, in sad array, " Slow through the church-yard path we saw him borne : " Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay " Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE El'ITJIPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ;... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...be: «' 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 t horn." THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of Earth, A Youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...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 stoue beneath yon aged thorn/ THE EPITAPH. HERB rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 pages
...poems, is wrought up unquestionably to much THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown: Fair Science...humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. 120 Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompence as largely send : greater perfection... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pages
...: " The next, with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we s;iw him borne, — Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." * This stanza, which completes the account of the Poet's day, although in the author's MS. has hitherto... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 286 pages
...little footsteps lightly print the ground. THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown . Fair science...humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to misery... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 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 - 1828 - 320 pages
...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, 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.... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 292 pages
...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 Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." There scattered oft, the earliest of the year, By hands unseen, are showers of violets found ; The... | |
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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. 
