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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... "
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse Intended as a Specimen of the Types: At the ... - Page 143
by John Walter - 1785 - 225 pages
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Pieces selected from the Italian poets, by A. Isola, and tr. into Engl ...

Agostino Isola - English poetry - 1784 - 140 pages
...Approach and read (for thou can'ft read) the lay, Grav'd on the ftone beneath yon aged thorn. Here refts his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune...him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his foul fmcere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely fend: He gave to mis'ry all he had, a tear; He gain'd from...
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Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets

John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 492 pages
...Here refts 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...fincere ; Heav'n did a recompence as largely fend : — • How glad would lay me down, As in my mother's lap. — — He gave to mifery, all he had,...
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Poems for Young Ladies: In Three Parts. Devotional, Moral, and Entertaining

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1785 - 568 pages
...(if thou can'ft read) the lay, *• Grav'd on the ftone beneath yon aged thorn." TNI EPITAPH. HERE refts 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,...
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Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, to which are added ...

Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...for thou can'ft read ) the Lay, ' Grav'd on the Stone beneath yon aged Thorn.' The EPITAP Jf. HERE refts 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'dhkn for her own. Large was his Bounty,...
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Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets

John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...me that his poetical powers, however great, were not fuperior to his critical fkill. EPITAPH. Here refts 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,...
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Poems

Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 pages
...refts his head upon the lap of EartTi A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown s Fair Science frown 'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him...foul fincere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely fend r He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n, 'twas all he wifh'd, a Friend. No farther...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...the lap of Earth, . A youth to fortune and to fame unknown. Fair Science frown'd not on his hirmble birth, , And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large...bounty, and his foul fincere : -•. Heav'n did a recompenfe as largely lend. He gave to mis'ry all he had — i tear; He gain'd from heav'ri ('twas...
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Beispielsammlung zur Theorie und Literatur der schönen Wissenschaften, Volume 4

Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Literature - 1789 - 454 pages
...Fortune and to Fame unknown: Fair Science frown'd not on his humble-birth And Melancholy tnark'd hi;n for her own. Large was his bounty, and his foul fincere, Heav'n did a recompenre as largely fend; He gave to M/s'ry all he had a fear, He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 68

English poets - 1790 - 428 pages
...refts 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 foul fincerc, Heav'n did a recompenceas largely fend : He gave to mis'ry, all he had, a tear, He gain 'd...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 64

English poets - 1790 - 372 pages
...read (for thou canft read) the lay, " Grav'd on the ftone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH, TT ERE refts 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,...
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