 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 314 pages
...beau. Y 2 Yet worse, their brother poets damn the play, And roar the loudest, though they never pay. The fops are proud of scandal, for they cry, At every lewd, low character—' That's I.' He who writes letters to himself, would swear The world forgot him if he was not there. What should... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his sonl sincere, Heaven ve@18/ gaiu'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...melaneholy mark 'il him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sineere, Heaven did a reeompense ˅ Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to diselose, Or draw his frailties... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...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 : He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend: No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his fraillies from their dread abode, (There they alike... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...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...gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Presses, Issues of - 1826 - 190 pages
...humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to misery (all he had) a tear, He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English literature - 1827 - 276 pages
...own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; lleav'n did a recompense as largely send : He save to misery all he had — a tear; He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pages
...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. He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend; No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...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 from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) — a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 282 pages
...birt li, And melancholy marked him for her owni Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heaven did a recompense as largely send He gave to misery all he had, a tear ; He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wishe d) — a friend. c No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or... | |
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THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, . Heaven did a recompense as... 
