 The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend ! whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole,...  The lyre of love [ed. by P.L. Courtier]. - Page 87by Lyre - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Anne MacVicar Grant - 1803 - 468 lehte
...anticipated his hapless fate so emphatically, that no one can produce any thing comparable to it ; " The poor inhabitant below " Was quick to learn and. wise to know, " And keenly felt the social glow " And softer flame, " But thoughtless follies laid him low, " And stain'd his name." Alas,... | |
 | James Sargant Storer, John Greig (engraver) - 1805 - 112 lehte
...life's mad career, Wild as the wave, Here pause— and, through the starting tear. Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And staiu'd his name! Reader, attend — whether thy soul... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 lehte
...mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. The The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And sofier flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader attend — whether... | |
 | 1806 - 594 lehte
...— Was quick in learn, and wise to know; And keenly fi!t the friendly glow, And inflert/l(imf.But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name \. BURNS on himself. Tbe volumes яге ornamented with engravings of a very superior execution. The fiontispiece to the... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 lehte
...runs, himself, life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, through the starting tear, The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keeuly felt the friendly glow, Ami softer flame, Bat thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain' d... | |
 | Thomas N. Brown - 1859 - 360 lehte
...prediction of the fate which he saw awaiting him, against all ever advanced on the opposite side : — 4 The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the social glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name/ "Despite... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 lehte
...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 know, And keenly feit the friendly glow, And softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 lehte
...life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame -, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 lehte
...life's mad career, Wild as the wave! Here pause— and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave! The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And staia'd his name. Reader, attend, whether thy soul... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1815 - 364 lehte
...Wild as the wave ; Here pause— and, through the starting tear, The poor inhabitant below "Was quiek to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer Jiame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ' Reader, attend— whether thy soul... | |
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