 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...Grav'd on the ftone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. Here refts his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown ; Fair Science...foul fincere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely fend : He gave to mis'ry all he had, a tear ; He gain'd fromHeav'n ('twas all he wifh'd) a friend. No farther... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 294 pages
...Grav'd on the ftone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. Here refts his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown ; Fair Science...him for her own. .Large was his bounty, and his foul fmcere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely fend : He gave to mis'ry "all he had, a tear ; He gain'd... | |
 | Hugh Kelly - English wit and humor - 1767 - 310 pages
...told, Here refts his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown, Fair fcience frown'd not on his humble birth And melancholy mark'd him for her own.— Now for my own part, I can by no means fee any merit in being marked out by melancholy for her own,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1768 - 142 pages
...his bead upon the lap of Earth A Youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown. Fair Science frown d not on Ms humble birth* And Melancholy marKd him for her own Large was his bounty, and his foul Jincere, Heavn did a recompence as largely fend: He gave to Misry all he had, a tear, He gain dfrom... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - 1774 - 264 pages
...EPITAPH. H ERE refts his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown, Fair fcience frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd...foul fincere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely fend : He gave to mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wifh'd) a friend. No farther... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - 1774 - 260 pages
...EPITAPH. H ERE refts his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown, Fair fcience frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd...foul fincere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely fend : He gave to mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wifh'd) a friend. No farther... | |
 | William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 pages
...EPITAPH... HERE refts his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune, and to fame unknown: Fair fcience frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd...him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his foul fincerc, Heaven did a recompence as largely fend : He gave to mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gain'd... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 pages
...Fortune and to Fame unknown : Fair Science frown'd" not on his humble birth, And Melancholy niark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his foul fincere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely fend : He gave to Mib'iy all he had, a tear, He gnin'd from Heav'n (''twas all he wifh'd) a Friend. •... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 456 pages
...Grav'd on the ftone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. HERE refts his head upon the lap of Earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown. Fair Science...her own. Large was his bounty, and his foul fincere, Heaven did a recompence as largely fends He gave to Mifery all he had, a tear; He gain'd from Heaven... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...to Fortune and to Fame unknown. Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy roark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his foul fincere, Heav'n did a recompenfe as largaly fend: He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, Xo farther feek his merits to difclofe,... | |
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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... 
