 | George Merriam - 1828 - 286 pages
...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 - 414 pages
...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...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 rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Large was his bounty,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 pages
...Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heav'n did a recompence as largely send; He gave to Misery ( all he had ) a tear, He gain'd from Heav'd ( 'twas all he wish' d ) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 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 for her own= Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heaven did a recompence as largely send; We Rave to misery... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1839 - 320 pages
...him borne ; Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay He always brings upon a Christmas morn ! Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven...largely send ; He gave to misery (all he had) a tear, And never failed on Sundays to attend ! No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 244 pages
...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 : He gave to misery 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth, A Youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown : Fair Scieuce miiillns preferred To all the genteel conversation I heard. E'en thoug Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Misery... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...layGraved on the stone 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...his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her i Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to misery... | |
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Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Misery all he had, a tear, He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. 
