 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...stone beneath yon aged thorn." The Epitaph. 30. HEBE rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair Science frowned...humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. 31. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send : — He gave... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 frowned...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... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 pages
...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 sincere ;117 Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had— a tear ; He gain'd from... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 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 sincere, Heaven 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... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1833 - 304 pages
...unknown : Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. 31. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense us largely send : — He gave to misery all he had — a tear"; He gained from heaven— 'twas all... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...Here rests his head upon the lap of earth', A youth to fortune','' and to fame unknown'; Fair science0 frowned not on his humble* birth', And melancholy...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'.... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...ripens for eternity. LESSON XII. The Epitaph. 1. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair Science frowned...humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. 2. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1835 - 314 pages
...aged thorn.". T1ie Epitaph. 30. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth, to fortune and <o fame unknown : Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. 31. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send : — He gave... | |
 | 1837 - 206 pages
...still, till the eggs hatch into little birds. Here rests hi.s head, upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science frowned...humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. PICTURES AND STORIES FOR CHILDREN PART XI. BOSTON TH CARTER, THE FLOWER-GIRL. Among the other things... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...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 frowned...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. No farther... | |
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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. 
