 Here 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 mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send:...  Poems - Sida 256efter Robert Lloyd - 1762 - 277 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 sidor
...was his bounty, and h»s 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, 'twas all he wish'd, a Friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 540 sidor
...was his bounty, and his, foul fincere, Heav'n did a rccompence as largely fend : He gave to mis'ry, all he had, a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wiil.'J), a friend. No farther feek his merits to difclofe, Or draw his frailties from their dread... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 sidor
...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 ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. [46] Before the Epitaph, Mr. Gray originally inserted a very beautiful stanza, which... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 sidor
...Large was his hounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompencc as largely send: He gave to Misery all he had, a tear; He gain'd from Heav'n, 'twas all he wish'd, a Friend . No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread ahode,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 288 sidor
...largely fend : He gave to mi's'ry all he had— a tear ; Hegain'dfrom Heav'n ('twas all he wiftj'd) a friend. •*" No farther feek his merits to difclofe,...abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repofe,) The bofomof his Father and his Gotf. JOT AND SORROW CONNECTED.. Still, where rofy pleafure leads, See a... | |
 | Collection - 1806 - 286 sidor
...bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heav'n did a recoinpence as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry — 'twas all he had — a tear ; He gain'd from Heav'n — 'twas all he wish'da friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode... | |
 | 1806 - 330 sidor
...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 ('twas all he wish'd) " a friend. 147 " No farther seek his merits to disclose, " Or draw his frailties from their... | |
 | 1806 - 284 sidor
...bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heav'n did a recompence as largely send : -He gave to Mis'ry — 'twas all he had — a tear ; He gain'd from Heav'n — 'twas all he wish'da friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 sidor
...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 ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 sidor
...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 ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,... | |
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