 Here, early to bed, lies kind WILLIAM MAGINN, Who, with genius, wit, learning, life's trophies to win, Had neither great lord nor rich cit of his kin, Nor discretion to set himself up as to tin ; So, his portion soon spent — like the poor heir of Lynn...  The West of Scotland in History: Being Brief Notes Concerning Events, Family ... - Page 115by Joseph Irving - 1885 - 359 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Epitaphs - 1875 - 192 pages
...posterity on earth, And I rest in Heaven. Finis. On Dr. Maginn, in Waltham-on-Thames Churchyard : — Here, early to bed, lies kind William Maginn, Who,...portion soon spent, like the poor heir of Lynn, He turned author, ere yet there was beard on his chin ; And whoever was out, or whoever was in, For your... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1883 - 866 pages
...his friend, John. G. Lockhart : WALTON-ON-THAMES, AUGUST 1842. Here, early to bed, liée kind WILLIAM Who, with genius, wit, learning, life's trophies to...portion soon spent — like the poor heir of Lynn — He turned author ere yet there was beard on his chin, And, whoever was out, or whoever was in, For your... | |
 | William T. Dobson - Alliteration - 1882 - 326 pages
...in a ring And under bring ? Away to fling ? " Who every way &c. &c. EPITAPH ON DR. WILLIAM MAGINN. " Here, early to bed, lies kind William Maginn, Who...portion soon spent, like the poor heir of Lynn, He turned author, ere yet there was beard on his chin ; And whoever was out, or whoever was in, For your... | |
 | William Maginn - 1885 - 408 pages
...close with the epitaph, full at once of pathos and of wit, written by Lockhart: " Here, early to beH, lies kind William Maginn, Who with genius, wit, learning,...portion soon spent, like the poor heir of Lynn, He lurn'd author while yet .was no beard on his chin ; And whoever was out, or whoever was in, For your... | |
 | Cork Historical and Archaeological Society - Cork (Ireland : County) - 1893 - 284 pages
...son-in law and biographer of Sir Walter Scott, in words full of pathos and wit, as follows : — " Here, early to bed, lies kind William Maginn, Who...portion soon spent, like the poor heir of Lynn, He turned author while yet was no beard on his chin; And whoever was out, or whoever was in, Kor your... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1902 - 808 pages
...BLACKWOOD, WILLIAM, 1820, Letter to Maginn, William Blackwood and His Sons, ed. Oliphant, vol. I, p. 377. Here early to bed lies kind William Maginn, Who with...portion soon spent, like the poor heir of Lynn, He turned author while yet was no beard on his chin. And whoever was out or whoever was in, For your Tories... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1903 - 888 pages
...contemporaries may be gathered from the so-called epitaph on him by Lockhart — or, rather, the genial elegy : R. Chambers turned author while yet was no beard on his chin, And, whoever was out, or whoever was in, For your... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1904 - 888 pages
...contemporaries may be gathered from the so-called epitaph on him by Lockhart — or, rather, the genial elegy : turned author while yet was no beard on his chin, And, whoever was out, or whoever was in, Kor your... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1864 - 866 pages
...hia friend, John G. Lockhart : WALTON-ON-THAMES, AUGUST 1842. Here, early to bed, lies kind WILLIAM Who, with genius, wit, learning, life's trophies to win, Had neither great lord nor rich cit of hia kin, Nor discretion to set himself up as to tin ; So, his portion soon spent — like the poor... | |
 | Arthur Symons - English literature - 1909 - 362 pages
...delicious dogLatin. I must give Lockhart's epitaph, which is more adequate than any criticism : — ' Here, early to bed, lies kind William Maginn, Who...portion soon spent, like the poor heir of Lynn, He tum'd author while yet was no beard on his chin; And whoever was out, or whoever was in, For your Tories... | |
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