 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
 | Scotland - 1845 - 1026 pages
...was himself sensible of his errors, and unreservedly acknowledged them, as in the following lines : " The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to learn, and...social glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies bid him low, And stained his name." John London M'Adam, Esq. — This gentleman, the far-famed constructor... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 248 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, And stain'd his name ! " Reader,... | |
 | Scotland - 1845 - 1042 pages
...unreservedly acknowledged them, as in the following lines: 14 The poor inhabitant la-low. Wa» quick to team, and wise to know, .And keenly felt the social glow, And softer flame ; But tboughtlra follies l.iul him low, A nd stained his name.*' John London M'ddam, E»q. — This gentleman,... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pages
...wave ; Here pause — and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhahitant helow, Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer ßame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name I Reader,... | |
 | William Knox - Christian poetry, English - 1847 - 240 pages
...the hopes she gave, But ere she closed her sixteenth year We bore her to the grave. THE BARD'S 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 stained his name. — BURNS.... | |
 | Sylvan (pseud.) - 1848 - 106 pages
...undeserving kindred. c ~? XN/ ATHANATOS. VTA 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 STAJN'D HIS NAME. READER,... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1898 - 664 pages
...solely on the weight and force of that which with entire fidelity it utters, Burns could show him. 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. Every one... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pages
...mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, thro' the starllng tear, Survey this grave. This 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,... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 506 pages
...life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here let him pause, and, through a 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 stained his name ! " The... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 524 pages
...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 stained his name ! " The churchyard is full of grave-stones and expensive monuments in all sorts of fantastic shapes... | |
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