 One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne....  Beauties of the British Poets ... - Page 138by George Croly - 1850 - 395 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...the church-yard path we saw him " borne. " Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, " Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH....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... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...tree j Another came ; nor yet beside the rill, Kor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he. .- XXVIII. • The next with dirges due, in sad array, Slow through...saw him borne? Approach, and read (for thou can'st read)the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yo,n aged thorn. Dirges due.. — Dirge means solemn, mournful.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 72 pages
...patron in the heavens, to enliven their prosperity, or to warm their hearts with gratitude and trust ! EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth,...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... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...the church-yard path we saw him " borne. " Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, " Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH....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... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...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 EPITAPH....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... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...Approach, and read, for thou canst road, the lay » Grav'd on the stone , beneath yon aged thoru. » THE EPITAPH. * HERE rests his head upon the lap of...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, ' Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.' Ihe EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of Earth...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... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...the church- yard path we saw him borne : [Isy, Approach and read (for thou canst read) the. Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.'* THE EPITAPH....Youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown; Fair Science frown 'd not on bis humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him fur her own. Large was bis bounty, and... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...the church-way path we saw him borne: ' Approach and read (for .thou can'st read) the lay, ' Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.' THE EPITAPH....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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...Slow through the church-way path we sa» liim Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH....youth to fortune and to fame unknown, Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, Aud Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his... | |
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