 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." The Epitaph. 30. HEBE 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. 31. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send : — He gave... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head...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... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...we saw him borne ; Approach and read' (for Hum cantt read') the lay-', 'Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn'." THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head...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',... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 pages
...which ripens for eternity. LESSON XII. The Epitaph. 1. 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. 2. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to... | |
 | 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...his bounty, and his soul sincere : . Heaven did a recompense as largely send : — He gave to misery all he had — a tear; He gained from heaven —... | |
 | 1837 - 206 pages
...quite still, till the eggs hatch into little birds. Here rests hi.s 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. PICTURES AND STORIES FOR CHILDREN PART XI. BOSTON TH CARTER, THE FLOWER-GIRL. Among the other things... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...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...was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send ; He gave to Misery all he had, a tear; He gained from Heaven, 'twas all... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...the stone beneath yon aged thorn." . THE EPITAPH. 30. 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. 31. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send : — He gave... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 pages
...Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." The Epitaph. 30 Here rests his head upon tho lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science...humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. 31 Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - 1841 - 416 pages
...Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." The Epitaph. i HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair Science...was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send : — He gave to misery all he had — a tear ; He gained from Heaven —... | |
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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 can'st read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon... 
