 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...the stone beneath yon aged thorn." . THE EPITAPH. 30. HERE rests his head, upon the lap of earth, A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair Science...humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. 31. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send : — He gave... | |
 | 1839 - 300 pages
...him borne ; Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay He always brings upon a Christmas morn ! Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven...largely send ; He gave to misery (all he had) a tear, And never failed on Sundays to attend ! No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1839 - 154 pages
...chiedea. xxxi. Les pauvres ont beni sa pit-use jeunesse Dont la bonte du ciel a daigne prendre soin; XXXI. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven...largely send : He gave to Misery all he had — a tear; AXXa ivy, olos av rJS, KCU(&S rj ay ap fcr6\os, fpfvva>v nau<rat, iTOTTO (pdos firf rvy ocr' aXtr'... | |
 | James Maidment - Law - 1839 - 406 pages
...and to Law well known ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Litigation marked him as her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,...Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry (all he had), a tear ; He gain'd from Heav'n, ('twas all he wished), a friend. No further seek... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." The Epitaph. 30 Here rests his head upon tho lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science...humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. 31 Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...: Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth,...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, and his... | |
 | Claude J. Summers - English literature - 1992 - 234 pages
...statement of this "coming out" resides in the epitaph itself: Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown. Fair Science...was his bounty and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompcnce as largely send: He gave to Misery all he had, a tear, He gained from Heaven ('twas all... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.' The Epitaph Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown. Fair Srience frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty,... | |
 | Richard S. Wheeler - Fiction - 1992 - 360 pages
...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, and his soul sincere; Heav'n did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gained from Heav'n... | |
 | John Guillory - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1993 - 422 pages
...peasantry, and as a peasant in relation to the ruling class: Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown. Fair Science...humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. (117-20) Where, after all, does this youth come from, if he ends up in the country churchyard? The... | |
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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. 
