 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 262 pages
...fortune and to fame unknown*; Fair science frowri'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* : Hpgave to mis'rv all he had* — a tear*; No further seek... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 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 gain' d from Heav'n,... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 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 recompence as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had — a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 286 pages
...little footsteps lightly print the ground. THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown . Fair science...misery all he had, a tear ; He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) — a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from... | |
 | 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...misery all he had, a tear ; He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) — a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 282 pages
...fame unknowA : Fair science frowned not ou his humble birt li, And melancholy marked him for her owni Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heaven...misery all he had, a tear ; He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wishe d) — a friend. c No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. 14 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 inark'd him for her own. 15 Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." » The Epi'aph. Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Large was his bounty,... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." The Epitaph. HERE rests his head upon the lap df earfh A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair Science...misery all he had — a tear ; He gained from heaven — 'twas all he wished — a friend. No farther -seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - English language - 1829 - 318 pages
...rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him...was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heaven did a recompence as largely send; We Rave to misery all he had — a tear ; He gain'd from Heav'n, ('twas... | |
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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. 
