 | Lindley Murray - 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 308 pages
...rests his head upon t lie lap of earth A 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 soul sincere Heaven did a recomnrnce as largely send; Me 'riip to miserv... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 286 pages
...found ; The redbreast loves to build and warble there, And little footsteps lightly print the ground. THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth,...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... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 292 pages
...found ; The redbreast loves to build and warble there, And little footsteps lightly print the ground. THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth,...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 - 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
...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,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...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 df earfh...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... | |
 | 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 - 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 - 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... | |
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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. 
