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
| Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - Počet stránok 706
...tear, Survey this grave. с Too. d BMhful. / (Her. t To submit tamcl?, to sneak. g To lamtnt, to mourn. The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to learn 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. Or darkling... | |
| Thomas Miller - 1844 - Počet stránok 474
...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...And keenly felt the friendly glow. And softer flame ' No, Godfrey, I will repeat no more: the ' thoughtless folly' was mine; and will, ere long, ' lay... | |
| 1844 - Počet stránok 742
...inscribed on his grave: — The poor inhabitant below Was wise to learn and keen to know, And warmly felt the friendly glow And softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low And stained his name. But in his day and generation he contributed by his writings in no inconsiderable degree to the happiness... | |
| John Wilson - 1845 - Počet stránok 248
...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...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, Or darkling... | |
| John Wilson - 1845 - Počet stránok 266
...life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pauss—and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grav t \ "The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly clow, And softer llaine; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his nair.c ! < " Reader,... | |
| 1845 - Počet stránok 440
...wave ; Here pause — and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhahitant helow, Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer ßame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name I Reader, attend— whether thy soul... | |
| 1845 - Počet stránok 1026
...was himself sensible of his errors, and unreservedly acknowledged them, as in the following lines : " The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the social glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies bid him low, And stained his name." John London... | |
| 1845 - Počet stránok 1038
...lines: " The poor inhabitant below, \Vas 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." John London M'Adam, Esq.— This gentleman, the far-famed constructor and improver of public roads,... | |
| William Knox - 1847 - Počet stránok 240
...the hopes she gave, But ere she closed her sixteenth year We bore her to the grave. THE BARD'S GRAVE. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise...thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name. — BURNS. BENEATH that thorn, so old and gray, That stands beside this lonely way, And loves its hoary... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - 1847 - Počet stránok 704
...Survey this grave. с Too. d Basbfub r To lubmit tamely, to sneak. /Oler. f To laaient, to 'mourn. The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to learn and...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer (lame, But thoughtless fouies laid him low. And stain'il his name. Reader, attend — whether thy soul... | |
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