 | T AGERTON - 1794
...loves to build and warble there, And little fos'.il-ps lightly print the gro-and. Fair Science frown'j not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. i to Large was his bounty, and his foul finccrc. Heav'n did a recompenee as largely fend: He gave to... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Helen Maria Williams - 1796 - 220 страници
...borne. " Approach and read (for thou canft read) the lay " Grav'd on the ftone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. HERE refts his head upon the lap of earth,...humble birth. And melancholy mark'd him for her own, 8 Large was his bounty, and his foul fincere, Heaven did a recompenfe as largely fend; He gave to mifery... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 1008 страници
...him Approach and read (for thou canft read) the lav, Grav'd on the ftonc beneath yon aged thorn.1' THE EPITAPH. Here refts his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown ; Fair Science frmvn'd not on his humble birth, And Melsncholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1798 - 84 страници
...(for thou canft read) the lay " Grav'U on the ftone beneath yon' aged thorn."§ THE EPITAPH. tJERE refts his head upon the lap of Earth, A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown : Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. 1zo Large was his bounty,... | |
 | British poetical miscellany - 1805
..." Approach, and read (for thou canft read) the lay " Grav'd on the ftone beneath yon aged thorn :" THE EPITAPH. HERE refts his head upon the lap of Earth, A 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,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 356 страници
...of its young: And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tendernefs fall from her tongue. Efitapb. Here refts his head upon the lap of earth, A 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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800
...reftt his head upon the lap of earth, \ A youth to fortune and to fame unknown, Fair Science frownM not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large waj his bounty, and his foul fmcere, Heav'n did a recompnce as largely fend : He gave to mis'ry, all... | |
 | 1806
...Church-yard. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. The Latin lines are. written in the margin of page 179 <Jf of William Burton's History of Leicestershire,... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804
...EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknowns Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and h»s soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a- tear,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 254 страници
...bird of its yovmg t ' And I lov'd her the more, when I heard , Such tendernefs fall from her tongue. EPITAPH. Here refts 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 mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty,... | |
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