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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... "
Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passages and ... - Page 243
edited by - 1865 - 480 pages
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The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 11

1846 - 484 pages
...fortune aud to fame unknown, Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked bun for her own. " Large was his bounty, and his soul...gained from heaven, 'twas all he wished, a friend. " No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode ; (There they alike...
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Poetry for Home and School ...

1846 - 436 pages
...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...misery all he had, a tear ; He gained from Heaven ('t was all he wished) a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from...
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The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 11

1846 - 472 pages
...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...recompense as largely send, He gave to misery all bo had, a tear ; He gained from heaven, 'twas all he wished, a friend. " No further seek his merits...
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The English Prosody: With Rules Deduced from the Genius of Our Language, and ...

Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 pages
...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...gained from heaven, 'twas all he wished, a friend. ON SLAVERY.— Cowper. 0 FOR a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where...
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Knowles' Elocutionist: A First-class Rhetorical Reader and Recitation Book ...

James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 pages
...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...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...
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - 1847 - 216 pages
...frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. 108 AN ANQEL IN THE HOUSE. 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 gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek...
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - 1847 - 206 pages
...frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy niark'd him for her own. 108 AN A XuKI. IN THE HOUSE. 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 gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek...
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Reading lessons for the higher classes in classical, middle and diocesan schools

William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...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...to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosoni of his Father and his God. Gray. THE...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...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...gained from Heaven, 'twas all he wished, a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike...
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The gift book of English poetry

English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...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,...repose), The bosom of his Father and his God. THE BARD. The following Ode is founded on a Tradition current in Wales, that Edward I. when he completed...
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