 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...Approach, and read (for thou canst read) the lay, ' GravM on the stone, beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth,...was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send ; He gave to Misery all he had — a tear ; He gaiu'd from Heav'n ('twas... | |
 | 1852 - 460 pages
...the lay 'Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 470 pages
...lay 'Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." 5Tj)e Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science...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... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 pages
...de servedly admired. We quote it, though familiar • " Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair Science...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... | |
 | 1852 - 248 pages
...lay 'Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." croc Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science...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... | |
 | Class-book - 1852 - 152 pages
...: Approach, and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth,...Science frown'd 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 largely... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 384 pages
...30. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH.* Here rests his head upon the lap of earth,...humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. 120 * " Before the Epitaph," says Mason, " Gray originally inserted a very beautiful stanza, which... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1853 - 456 pages
...Approach, and read' ('for thou canst read') "the lay, | 'Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn ." THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth',...humble birth', | And Melancholy mark'd him for her ownt. | Large was h\s bounty, and his sou], sincere1 — | Heaven did a recompense as largely send... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pages
...Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." ' THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth...was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to misery (all he hail) a tear, He gain'd from Heaven ('twas all... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...; Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth,...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... | |
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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 frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere... 
