 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 288 sidor
...heard , Such tendernefs fall from her tongue. EPITAPH. Here refts 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 mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his foul fmcere ; Heav'n did a recompenfe as largely... | |
 | 1814 - 310 sidor
..." The next, with dirges due, in sad array, " Slow through the church-yard path we saw him borne : " Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay " Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE El'ITJIPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; fair... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 sidor
...poems, is wrought up unquestionably to much THE EPITAPH. 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. 120 Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompence as largely send : greater perfection... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 sidor
...: " The next, with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we s;iw him borne, — Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." * This stanza, which completes the account of the Poet's day, although in the author's MS. has hitherto... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 286 sidor
...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...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 sidor
...he; 13 The next, with dirges due, in sad array, Slow thro' the church-yard path we saw him borne ; Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 sidor
...was he: " The next, with dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach 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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 sidor
...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... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 292 sidor
...he : " The next, with dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchway-path we saw him borne : Approach, and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." There scattered oft, the earliest of the year, By hands unseen, are showers of violets found ; The... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 sidor
...was he : " The next, with dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him 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 df earfh A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair Science frowned... | |
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One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne.... 
