 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 lehte
...fortune; a»'i to faiue 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...Heaven did a recompense as largely send . He gave to'mis'ry all he had — a tear ; He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd) — a friend. No farther... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 lehte
...found a similar description. The old divine almost equals the moderu poet. Lanre was his bounty ami 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 FRIENI) ! No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 lehte
...unknown ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. targe was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send. He gave to rais'ry all he had— a tear ; He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd) 'A friendt No farther seek... | |
 | 1821 - 270 lehte
...to fortune and to feme 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...Heaven did a recompense as largely send. He gave to mis'ry all he had — a tear ; He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek... | |
 | 1821 - 766 lehte
...Byron's Plagiarisms. 354 Byron. - Than give me all I ever asked — a tear. Corsair, 1, 363. Gray. — He gave to misery all he had — a tear, He gained from heaven, 'twas all he imshed —a friend.— Elegy. Byron. What fruita of fragrance blush on every tree. C. ff.c.xv. Thomson.... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 284 lehte
...preservation. There scatter'd oft, the earliest of the year, By hands unseen are showers of violets found ; Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 lehte
...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 marked him...was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven did a recompence as largely send; He gave to misery all he had — a tear: He gain'd from Heav'n, ('twas... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 584 lehte
...year, By hands unseen are showers of violets found; Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n 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... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 lehte
...to fortune and to fame unknowu ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul...Heaven did a recompense as largely send. He gave to mis'ry all he had— a tear ; He gain'd from heaven ('twas all he wish'd)— a friend No farther seek... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1824 - 308 lehte
...science trownV not on his humble hirth, And melancholy markM him for her own. Large was his bounly, and his soul sincere ; Heaven did a recompense as...send : He gave to misery all he had — a tear-, He gain'd from heaven, ('twas all he wish'd)a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
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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... 
