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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... "
The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ... - Page 229
by William Enfield - 1827 - 346 pages
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...through the churchway path we saw him borne ; Approach and read' (for Hum cantt read') the lay-', 'Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn'." THE EPITAPH....A youth to fortune','' and to fame unknown'; Fair science0 frowned not on his humble* birth', And melancholy marked him for her own'. Large was his bounty',...
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The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - 1835 - 292 pages
...him borne Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged ,- The Epitaph. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth...youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse: From the Best Writers ...

Lindley Murray - 1836 - 264 pages
...of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame urJk^owti ; Fair science frown'd not on his humh'« binh, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his...soul sincere ; Heav'n did a recompense as largely n?nd ; He gave to mis'ry all he had — a tear. He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all h* wish'd) a friend...
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The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ...

Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...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 thorn." THE EPITAPH....Youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown ; Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

1840 - 372 pages
...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 thorn." THE EPITAPH....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 book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...due, in sad array, Slow through the churchyard path we saw him borne : 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...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...through the church-way path we saw him bomc: Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved y bending, And giving out a shout most heaven-rending,...Upon thy Mount Lycean ! Ode to a Nightingale. My frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. Large ivas his bounty, and...
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English poetry, for use in the schools of the Collegiate institution ...

English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...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 thorn." THE EPITAPH....youth, to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his...
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The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With a Memoir of Each

William Collins - 1844 - 324 pages
...path we saw him horne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the «tone heneath yon aged thorn. THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon...Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble hirth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his...
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The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With a Memoir of Each

William Collins - 1844 - 328 pages
...hom*. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone heneath yon aged thorn. Ill THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of Earth,...Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown ; Fair Science frowu'd not on his humhle hirih, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his hounty, and his...
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