 The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend ! whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole,...  The Life and Times of Hugh Miller - Page 260by Thomas N. Brown - 1859 - 346 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anne MacVicar Grant - Scottish poetry - 1803 - 468 pages
...anticipated his hapless fate so emphatically, that no one can produce any thing comparable to it ; " The poor inhabitant below " Was quick to learn and....flame, " But thoughtless follies laid him low, " And stain'd his name." Alas, for the verity of the prediction ! — I have invariably tried to divest myself... | |
 | James Sargant Storer, John Greig (engraver) - Scotland - 1805 - 112 pages
...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 and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And staiu'd his name! Reader,... | |
 | Lyre - Love poetry, English - 1806 - 204 pages
...accelerated his dissolution. This event took place July 21, 1796, in the thirtyeighth year of his age. The poor Inhabitant below— Was quick to learn, and wise to know ; And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer fame : But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! BURNS... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...runs, himself, life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, through the starting tear, The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keeuly felt the friendly glow, Ami softer flame, Bat thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain' d... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 pages
...life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. " The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly feit the friendly glow, And softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...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 and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame -, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...as the wave ; Here pause — and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhahitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name. Reader,... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 694 pages
...in prostration of spirit, that the light which led him astray was not always " light from heaven." " The poor Inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know. And aft had felt the kindly glow. And safter flame ; But thoughtless tollies laid him low. And ,-itained... | |
 | 1817 - 708 pages
...in prostration of spirit, that the light which led him astray was not always " light from Heaven. " The poor Inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And aft had felt the kindly glow, And suiter flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, Forbye, he '11 shape you aff,... | |
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