 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 Iris, Or Literary Messenger - Strana 1501841Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Anne MacVicar Grant - 1803 - Počet stránok 468
...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 - Počet stránok 112
...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...softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And staiu'd his name! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling... | |
 | Lyre - 1806 - Počet stránok 204
...accelerated his dissolution. This event took place July 21, 1796, in the thirtyeighth year of his age. The poor Inhabitant below— Was quick to learn, and...know ; And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer fame : But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! BURNS on himself. AFTON WATER.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - Počet stránok 446
...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... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - Počet stránok 330
...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 - Počet stránok 360
...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 - Počet stránok 518
...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 - Počet stránok 500
...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...flame -, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - Počet stránok 306
...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...flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And staia'd his name. Reader, attend, whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1815 - Počet stránok 364
...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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