 | Ovid - 1755 - 306 pages
...i¿aown; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, Aiid Litigation mark'd him as her own. [‘arge was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: Ele gave to Mis'ry (all he had,) a tear; He gain'd from Heav'n, (‘twas all he wished), a friend.... | |
 | James Beattie - Classical education - 1809 - 406 pages
...'twas all he wish'd, a friend. Yet one reads them with a smile, when one recollects the original: Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to misery all he had, a tear; He gain'd from heaven, 'twas all he wished, a friend". But in... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...READING. 253 Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birtli, And melancholy mark'd him for 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 fromheaven ('twas all he wish'd)-afriend. No farther... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1815 - 122 pages
...unknown; Pair 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 largely send ; He gave to misery all he had, a tear ^ He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 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 did a recompense as largely send . He gave to'mis'ry all he had — a tear ; He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd) — a friend.... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...sincere', He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd)—a friend. He gave to mis'ry all he had—a tear; No farther seek his merits to disclose, (There they, alike, in trembling hope repose) Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, The bosom of his Father and his God. 361.—Sf iflio... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 408 pages
...unknown : Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy rnark'd him for 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 heaven ('twas all he wish'd)— a friend. . .... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 270 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 did a recompense as largely send. He gave to mis'ry all he had—a tear; He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a ft No farther... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...There scatter'd oft, the earliest of tne year, By hands unseen are showers of violets found ; Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Misery (all he had) a tear, He gain'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...unknowu ; 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. He gave to mis'ry all he had—a tear; He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd)—a friend No farther... | |
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unknown ; He gave to Misery all he had, a tear, Hegainedfrom Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send : No farther seek his merits to disclose, (There they alike in trembling... 
