 | 1852 - 460 pages
...he ; " The next with dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchyard path we saw him borne — Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay 'Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science frown'd... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...due, in sad array, Slow through the church-yard path, we saw him borne. Approach, and read (for tliou canst read) the lay, 'Graved on the stone beneath...THE EPITAPH. 30. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. 31. Large... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 350 pages
...difficulty these lines may be deciphered to mean as follows : 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. • V ery full EXERCISES and directions for practice in ARTICULATION, may be found in the Eclectic... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...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 thorn." THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head, upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair Science frowned... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pages
...: " 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,...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 frowned... | |
 | 1854 - 456 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... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...Graved on the stone beneath you aged thorn." 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,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1854 - 504 pages
...Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." 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... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pages
...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 thorn." THE EPITAPH. Here res'ts his head upon the lap of earth, A youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown ; Fair Science... | |
 | William Collins - 1854 - 430 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." tTlje Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair Science... | |
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One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite 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.... 
