 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...preservation. There scatter'd oft, the earliest of the year, By hands unseen are showers of violets found ; Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven...largely send: He gave to Misery (all he had) a tear, He gain'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 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; He gave to misery all he had — a tear: He gain'd from Heav'n, ('twas... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 584 pages
...year, By hands unseen are showers of violets found; Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Misery (all he had) a tear, He gain'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...to fortune and to fame unknowu ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul...Heaven did a recompense as largely send. He gave to mis'ry all he had— a tear ; He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd)— a friend No farther seek... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Oral reading - 1824 - 308 pages
...science trownV not on his humble hirth, And melancholy markM him for her own. Large was his bounly, and his soul sincere ; Heaven did a recompense as...send : He gave to misery all he had — a tear-, He gain'd from heaven, ('twas all he wish'd)a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his sonl gaiu'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
 | William Oxberry - Theater - 1824 - 402 pages
...Fortu-te and to Fame >mk>,oion; Fair Science frown d not O'i his hit>it'>le bv-th, And Melancholy inarkd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heai'n did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Mis'ry a/I lie had, a tear, He gain d from Hcav'n... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Fore-edge painting - 1825 - 346 pages
...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...melaneholy mark 'il him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sineere, Heaven did a reeompense ˅ gain'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to diselose, Or draw... | |
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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. 
