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" 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. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere... "
Pieces selected from the Italian poets, by A. Isola, and tr. into Engl ... - Page 18
by Agostino Isola - 1784 - 115 pages
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...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. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere. Heaven did a recompence as largely send ; He gave to Mis'ry, all he had, a tear, Hegain'd...
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Poétique anglaise, Volume 3

Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...* 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. Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere ; Heav'n did a recempence as largely send : He gave to mis'ry all he had ia tear ; He...
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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...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. " Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, " Heav'n did a recompence as largely send: " He gave to mis'ry all he had, a tear, "...
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A select collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, with anecdotes ...

Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...Church-Yard. He'ep=sts 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. 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 ; 148...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 50

1806 - 554 pages
...Milton, With a fad leaden downward caft. This appears, however, to be an unconfcious imitation. 24. Here refts his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ¡ Fair Sciencefrvuind not on his hum. ble hirth, And Melancholy mark'd kirn far ter This pafljge apfeart to...
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...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. K Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heav'n did a recompence as largely send : He gave to...
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The Life of Thomas Dermody: Interspersed with Pieces of Original ..., Volume 1

James Grant Raymond - Poets, Irish - 1806 - 306 pages
..." Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown j Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own." behind his trunk. In consequence, I now thought it prudent to speak to him explicitly on the danger...
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The Life of Thomas Dermody: Interspersed with Pieces of Original ..., Volume 1

James Grant Raymond - Poets, Irish - 1806 - 304 pages
..." 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 owij." behind his 'trunk. In consequence, I now thought it prudent to speak to him explicitly on the...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...EPIT4PH. XlERE 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. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gain'd...
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ...

English poetry - 1807 - 1106 pages
...' 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,' vice» I determined, before leaving Dublin, to do him every service in my power. For this purpose I...
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