 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...upon the lap of earth', | A youth to Fortune, and to Fame, unknown, ; | Large was his bounty, and Ais soul, sincere, — | Heaven did a rec'ompense as largely send, — • | He gave to Mis'ry all he had', a tear ; | He gain'd from Heaven | ("t was all he wish'd') friend,. | No farther... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1842 - 386 pages
...unknown*; Fair science0 frowned not on his humbled birth', And melancholy marked him for her own'. Large was his bounty', and his soul', sincere*: Heaven...largely send'. He gave to misery all he had' — a tiar\ He gained from heaven' ('twas all he ieished") a friend* No farther seek his merits to disclose',... | |
 | London univ, King's coll - 1842 - 686 pages
...in the story."— SHAKSPEARK. CHAPTER HI. " At seeura quies, et nescia fallere vita." — VIRGIL. " Large was his bounty and his soul sincere Heaven did a recompense as largely send." — GRAT. CHAPTRB IV. " Placidaque ibi demane morte quievit" — VIRGIL. Really, we would be disposed... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, George Ripley - Transcendentalism - 1843 - 560 pages
...and an occasion to use them ; Defeat gave him courage, not dismay. Deep, rich blessings fell on him, "Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven...from Heaven, — 'twas all he wished, — a Friend." Some men will look on his life, and say, as the skeptic in the Bible, " How dieth the Wise ? as the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, George Ripley - Transcendentalism - 1843 - 564 pages
...gave him courage, not dismay. Deep, rich blessings fell on him, " Large was his bounty, and his eoul sincere ; Heaven did a recompense as largely send;...misery all he had, — a tear; He gained from Heaven, — 't was all he wished, — a Friend." Some men will look on his life, and say, as the skeptic in... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...fame unknown ; Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heaven...misery all he had, a tear ; He gained from heaven, 't was all he wished, a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 428 pages
...unknown ; — Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth ; And melancholy, mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty and his soul sincere ; Heaven...send ; He gave to misery all he had — a tear ; He gain'd from heaven — 'twas all he wished,— a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or... | |
 | George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...fame unknown : Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. 31 Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven...as largely send : — He gave to misery all he had — u tear ; He gained from Heaven — 'twas all he wished — a friend. 32 No farther seek his merits... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...unknown ; Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. Large ivas f b 2x D 6 f 6dX\ $ ɟ VT j U@ 厓: Hegained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) a fi lent!. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1844 - 372 pages
...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 soul sincere ; Heaven did a recompense as largely send : f.eave to "lisery &1l ne ha(l' a tear , ' some striking object ; and so constructed, that the first,... | |
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THE EPITAPH Here rests 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 marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, . Heaven did a recompense as... 
