| Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 Seiten
...cannot determine. This thought, which is found in both poems, is wrought up unquestionably to much THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth...youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown: Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. 120 Large was his bounty, and... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 Seiten
...; bat as Mr. Mason observes, " without it, we have ou\y his morning walk and his noontide repose." THE EPITAPH*. Here rests his head upon the lap of...Heaven 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... | |
| Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 Seiten
...thro the church-way path we saw him borne: « Approach and read ( for thou canst read ) the lay, « Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn. » THE...her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heav'n did a recompence as largely send; He gave to Misery ( aIl he had ) a tear, He gain'dfrom Heav'd... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 286 Seiten
...bird of its young: •*And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness-fall from her tongue. Epitaph. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth,...her own. 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... | |
| 1826 - 310 Seiten
...Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.' The Epitaph. HERE rests hip 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 ; Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Misery (all he had) a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 Seiten
...head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science frown'd not on bis humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own....Heaven did a recompense as largely send ; He gave to misery all he kad — a tear. He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No further seek... | |
| Richard S. Wheeler - 1992 - 360 Seiten
...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...own. "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 gained from Heav'n... | |
| Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 Seiten
...through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.' The Epitaph...Earth A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown. Fair Srience frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty,... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; (I. 73—74) 12 Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A ircH . (1. 1 17—120) AWP; DL; EBEV; EnRP; FaBoBe; FaBoPP; FaBoPV; FaBoRV; FaFP; FaPoR; FPL; GN; GTBS; GTBS-P;... | |
| Richard S. Wheeler - 1992 - 360 Seiten
...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...own. "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 gained from Heav'n... | |
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