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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... "
Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ... - Page 64
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The Young Ladies' Reader: Containing Rules, Observations, and Exercises and ...

William Draper Swan - Readers - 1851 - 442 pages
...us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heaven...gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) — a friend. I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and line sense, Yet wanting...
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The American Elocutionist: Comprising 'Lessons in Enunciation', 'Exercises ...

William Russell - Elocution - 1851 - 392 pages
...fortune and to fame unknown ; — Fair science fro'wn'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...
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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth, A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown ; Fair Science rm* scud : He gave to Misery all he had, a tear, Hegained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No...
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Select English poetry, with notes by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...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...was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompence as largely send : He gave to Misery all he had, a tear," He gained from Heaven ('twas all...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 pages
...unknown: Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven did a recompense as largely send: — Hegave to misery all he had, — a tear; He gained from Heaven — 'twas all he wished — a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, (There they, alike, in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his...
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The Class Book of Poetry

Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 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...he had) a tear, He gained from heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode...
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Homosexuality in Renaissance and Enlightenment England: Literary ...

Claude J. Summers - English literature - 1992 - 234 pages
...itself: 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...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...
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英美名詩一百首

American poetry - 1993 - 412 pages
...一 要的作品。 全詩共三+ 二節, 一百r . 十八行, 現選錄首二節 及末三節。 Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to...gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike...
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The Columbia Anthology of British Poetry

Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...fame unknown. Fair Science frowned not on his 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 Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gained from Heav'n ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his...
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Telepathy

Sidney A. Weltmer - Telepathy - 1996 - 92 pages
...life. "Here rests nis nead upon the lap of Earth, A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown; Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked...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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