 | William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 428 pages
...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...send ; He gave to misery all he had — a tear ; He gain'd from heaven — 'twas all he wished,— a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or... | |
 | George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...fame 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...as largely send : — He gave to misery all he had — u tear ; He gained from Heaven — 'twas all he wished — a friend. 32 No farther seek his merits... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 328 pages
...Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone heneath yon aged thorn. Ill THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of Earth,...Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown ; Fair Science frowu'd not on his humhle hirih, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his hounty, and his... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 324 pages
...horne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the «tone heneath 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 hirth, 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Francis Bulhof - Authors, Dutch - 1993 - 260 pages
...schuilplaats, waar zij in sidderende hoop allen samen rusten - de boezem van zijn Vader en zijn God! 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... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...bome. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thom." THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth...humble birth. And Melancholy marked him for her own. 120 Large was his bounty and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to... | |
 | Sidney A. Weltmer - Telepathy - 1996 - 92 pages
...thus misinterpreted the full mission of his own. life. "Here rests nis nead upon the lap of Earth, A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown; Fair Science...Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to uisery all he had — a tear; He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend.. "No farther seek... | |
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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. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as... 
