 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...bonre, Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, 'Grav'don tiie stone beneath yon aged torn." 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. targe was his bounty, and his... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...born. 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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...; but as Mr. Mason observes, " without it, we have only his morning walk and his noon-tide repose." THE EPITAPH.* Here rests his head upon the lap of...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Sucli tenderness fall from her tongue. Epitaph. Here rests, his head upon the lap of earth,...youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science frown'd not on Lis humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...— Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Grav'd 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 scienee frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy inark'd him tor her own. Large was his bounty,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 278 pages
...poor bird of its young : AnJ 1 lov'd her the more, when 1 heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. Epitaph. . • Here rests his head upon the lap of...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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 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 recompence as largely send : He gave to Misery all he had, a tear ; He gain'd from Heaven ('t was all he wish'd) a friend. No... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Anthologies - 1821 - 280 pages
...rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science frovvn'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. Larsje was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven did a recompence as largely send : He gave to misery... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 584 pages
...— Approach and read (for thou can'st 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. • Before Ibe Epitaph, Mr.... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...saw him 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...Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown : Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. 1 Before the Epitaph, Mr. Gray... | |
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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. 
