 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...62. 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 A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science1 frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty,2... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...; 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,...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 ('t was all... | |
 | 1846 - 472 pages
...of singular simplicity and beauty, closes the poem : " Hera 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 bo had, a tear ; He gained from heaven, 'twas all... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 pages
...path we saw him home. 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... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 pages
...we saw him borneApproach, and read — for thou can'st read — the lay, Graved 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... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 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. 108 AN ANQEL IN THE HOUSE.... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 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... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...path we saw him borne : Approach and read (for thou cans't 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...church-way path we saw him borneApproach 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... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 pages
...difficulty these lines may be deciphered to mean as follows ; Here rests bis 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. The learner will recollect, that in correcting a fault, there is always danger of erring in the opposite... | |
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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... 
