 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...  Poems - Página 157por Thomas Gray - 1786 - 178 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1845 - 656 páginas
...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 heav'n ('twas all he wish'd), a friend. The fops are proud of scandal; for they cry At every lewd, low character, ' That's... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 206 páginas
...THE HOUSE. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere — 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 his merits to disclose, Nor draw his frailties... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 páginas
...THE HOUSE. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere — 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 his merits to disclose, Nor draw his frailties... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 páginas
...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 Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,... | |
 | 1907 - 504 páginas
...flumble tribute with a tear he gives, A brother Bard, — he can no more oestow — gemahnen an Grays He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear; He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wished) a friend. 2) Birthday Ode (HH, II, 157), Str. 1: But He, who should imperial purple wear, Owns... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 páginas
...for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to mis'ry all he had — a tear ; He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode... | |
 | 1851 - 278 páginas
...for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had — a tear ; He gain'd from Heav'n, 'twas all he wish'd — a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 440 páginas
...Fame unknown; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear; He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. » No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt - 1922 - 1032 páginas
...for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,... | |
 | Jay Broadus Hubbell, John Owen Beaty - 1923 - 566 páginas
...him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek hit merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,... | |
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