 | 1841 - 580 pages
...o'er which she held her wide command, -The valley of my dreams, was our own NATIVE LAND. t BURNS. " The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to learn and...softer flame. But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name !" A BAED'S EPITAPH. THEEE are two classes of men in the community — those ruled... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Periodicals - 1842 - 834 pages
...the manliness which was the corner-stone of his character, he wrote a true inscription for his own grave : — The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to...friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless folly laid him low, And ttained his name. If, then, his failings are recorded for eternity, while those... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1844 - 474 pages
...coarse to steer, Yet runs himself, life's mad career, Wild as the wave— Here pause—and through the starting tear, Survey this grave.— ' The poor...And keenly felt the friendly glow. And softer flame ' No, Godfrey, I will repeat no more: the ' thoughtless folly' was mine; and will, ere long, ' lay... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...strong, Here heave a sigh. I? there a man, whose judgment clear, Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs himself life's mad career, Wild as the wave...pause— and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. с Too. d BMhful. / (Her. t To submit tamcl?, to sneak. g To lamtnt, to mourn. The poor inhabitant... | |
 | English literature - 1844 - 742 pages
...inscribed on his grave: — The poor inhabitant below Was wise to learn and keen to know, And warmly felt the friendly glow And softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low And stained his name. But in his day and generation he contributed by his writings in no inconsiderable... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 236 pages
...teach the course to steer, Yet runs himself life's mad career, Wild aa the ware; . Here pause—and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. "The poor...follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! " Reader, attend—whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 266 pages
...life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pauss—and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grav t \ "The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly clow, And softer llaine; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his nair.c ! < " Reader,... | |
 | Scotland - 1845 - 1026 pages
...was himself sensible of his errors, and unreservedly acknowledged them, as in the following lines : " The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the social glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies bid him low, And stained his name." John London... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pages
...strong, Here heave a sigh. Is there a man, whose judgment clear, Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhahitant helow, Was quick to learn and wise... | |
 | William Knox - Christian poetry, English - 1847 - 240 pages
...were the hopes she gave, But ere she closed her sixteenth year We bore her to the grave. THE BARD'S GRAVE. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn...flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name. — BURNS. BENEATH that thorn, so old and gray, That stands beside this lonely way,... | |
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Is there a man whose judgment clear, Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and wise to... 
