| George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 286 pages
...found ; The redbreast loves to build and warble there, And little footsteps lightly print the ground. THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth,...to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,. (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his Father and his God; LESSON LXIX.... | |
| George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 292 pages
...his head upon the lap of earth, A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science frowned not ou his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her...to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his Father and his God. LESSON LXIX.... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...nor at the wood, was he : " The next, with dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst...to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, — (There they, alike, in trembling hope, repose,) The bosom of nis Father and his God. LESSON... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth, A Youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown : Fair Scieuce miiillns preferred To all the genteel conversation...me \i\Ace w eucUantin^ly pretty ; We uevt*r*can further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw hie frailties from their dread abode — There they alike... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." The Epi'aph. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair Science...He gained from heaven— 'twas all he wished — a frienJ, N"5 farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,— LESSON... | |
| Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...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...gained from heaven — 'twas all he wished — a friend 32. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode — (There... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...Here rests his head upon the lap of earth', A youth to fortune','' and to fame unknown'; Fair science0 frowned not on his humble* birth', And melancholy...disclose', Or draw his frailties from their dread abode'; (There they', alike', in trembling hope repose';) The bosom of his Father and his God'. SECTION... | |
| Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...fame unknown ; Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. 2. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven...gained from heaven, 'twas all he wished, a friend. 3. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode ; (There they,... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 292 pages
...him borne Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged ,- The Epitaph. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth...to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, —LESSON CXXII. The Grave of Korner. — MRS. HEM'ANS. CHARLES THEODORE KORNER, the young German... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...nor at the wood was he ; The next, with dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne Approach and read, (for thou canst...to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode; (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God. CATO'S SOLILOQUY... | |
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