 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...rests his HEAD, upon the lap of Earth, A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown ; FAIR SCIENCE fr.iwn'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own ! * In Bishop Taylor's Holy Living and Dying, page \7, will be found a similar description. The old... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...bonre, Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, 'Grav'don tiie stone beneath yon aged torn." THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth,...humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. targe was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send. He gave to rais'ry... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...lay, 'Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. rests his head upon the lap of earth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair Science frown'd...birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large washis'bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven did a recompensa as largely send. He pave to mis'ry all... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...'Grav-d on the s'one beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. 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 tnark'd nim for her own. Large was his boumy, and his scul sincere} Heaven did a recompense as largely... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...yon aged thorn," 238 LESSONS [I'AKT 1. THE EPITAPH. *> HERE rests his head upon the Jap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair Science frown'd not on his hnmble birth, And Melancholy niark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his sonl sincere :... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 278 pages
...poor bird of its young : AnJ 1 lov'd her the more, when 1 heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. Epitaph. . • Here rests his head upon the lap of...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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...but as Mr. Mason observes, " without it, we have only his morning walk and his noon-tide repose." THE EPITAPH.* Here rests his head upon the lap of earth...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, Hegain'dfrom heav'n ('twas all... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn. " THE ZPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of Earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown, Fair Science...her own. Large 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 Heaven... | |
 | Alan L. Mackay - Science - 1991 - 312 pages
...sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond today. Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College 80 Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Elegy written in a Country I 'hnrrl, i/aitl [Sir] Richard Arman Gregory 1864-1952 81 Science is not... | |
 | Richard S. Wheeler - Fiction - 1992 - 360 pages
...joined him. Then, to her astonishment, he recited a verse: "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; Heav'n did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gained from Heav'n ('twas all... | |
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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 frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. 
