 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 pages
...borne. 35 Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth,...unknown : Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, 40 And Melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heaven did a... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1849 - 348 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...not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him fur her own. Exercises and directions for practice under this head, may be found in the Eclectic Third... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 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...melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty und his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send ; He gave to misery, all lie had, a tear... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...path we saw him borneApproach, and read (for tliou 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... | |
 | Salem Town - 1850 - 372 pages
...'Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn :" — 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... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...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 — 't was... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...path we saw him born« Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath 2 cl* recompense as largely scud : He gave to Misery all he had, a tear, Hegained from Heaven ('twas all... | |
 | William Chambers - 1851 - 200 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 pages
...Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.'' EPITAPH. Eere 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... 
