...himself life's mad career Wild as the wave ? Here pause, and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. " The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer name ,• But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name. " Reader, attend : whether thy...

...may infer from the lines suggesting a Poet's epitaph, in which he says: " The poor inhabitant beloiv Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt...the friendly glow, And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name." We follow, with profound interest, the career of this...

...himself life's mad career, Wild as the wave! Here pause — and through the starting tear Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn...the friendly glow And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name. Reader, attend : whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights...

...prediction of the fate which he saw awaiting him, against all ever advanced on the opposite side : — " The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the social glow, And suf tor flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained hia name." Despite...

...himself life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, through the starting tear Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to learn,...friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights...

...himself life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, through the starting tear Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to learn,...friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights...

...-world." Frederick Schlegel. From " lectures on the History of Literature." BURN'S EPITAPH ON HIMSELF. " THE poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and...the friendly glow And softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name. " Mortal, attend ! Howe'er thy soul Soar fancy's flights...

...as the wave; Here pause — and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor Inhab1tant below Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And sofier flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And sb1in'd his name ! Header, attend — whether...

...life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause — • and, through the starting tear Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to learn,...friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights...

...honest pen gives the lie to the unwise friends of his memory who take up a position so untenable:— " The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the social glow And softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name." Nor can...