 | Thomas Warton - 1753 - 164 ページ
...red-breaft loves to build and warble there, ' And little footfteps lightly print the ground. THE EPITAPH. " Here refts his head upon the lap of earth " A youth...frown'd not on his humble birth, " And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. " Large was his bounty, and his foul fmcere, " Heav'n did a recompence as largely... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1753 - 164 ページ
...red-breaft loves to build and warble there, ' And little footfteps lightly print the ground. THE EPITAPH. " Here refts his head upon the lap of earth " A youth...frown'd not on his humble birth, " And melancholy mark'd him for her own. " Large was his bounty, and his foul fmcere, " Heay'n did a recompcnce as largely... | |
 | Select epitaphs, William Toldervy - 1755 - 494 ページ
...a Country Churchyard. ' ^ * I , By Mr. Gray. . Here refls his Head, upon the Lap of Earth, A YoutK to Fortune and to Fame unknown ; .Fair Science frown.'d not on his humble Birth,. And, Melancholly, mark'd him for her own. Large was his Bounty, and his Soul fincere ; Heav'n did a Recompence... | |
 | Collection - 1758 - 394 ページ
...read (for thou can'ft read) the lay, ' Giav'd on the ftone beneath yon aged thorn. H The EPITAP M. ERE refts 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 o-wn. Large was his bounty, and... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - 1762 - 312 ページ
...namque potes, caelatum in marmore carmen, Quod juxta has vepres exhibet ifte lapis. EP ITHE 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,... | |
 | Art - 1762 - 290 ページ
...red-br^aft loves to build and warble there, ' And little foofteps lightly print the ground. The 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 humbte birth, ' And melancholy mark'd him for her own. • Large was his... | |
 | John Newbery - 1762 - 292 ページ
...red-breaft loves to build and warble there, ' And little foofteps lightly print the ground. The 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,... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 ページ
...the ftone beneath yon aged thorn. The EPITAPH. J TE RE rejis his head upon the lap of Earth, A Touth 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 hounty ', and his foul f mere, Heav'n did a recomfence as largely... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 294 ページ
...and read (for thou can'ft read) the lay, Grav'd on the ftone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. Here refts his head upon the lap of earth, A youth...Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. .Large was his bounty, and his foul fmcere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely... | |
 | Hugh Kelly - 1767 - 310 ページ
...injurious to the perfpicuity of their elegant author. THEBABLE R. No, 55. In the epitaph we are 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,... | |
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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... 
