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
| John Wilson - 1854 - Počet stránok 252
...Wild as the wave ; 170 THE GENIUS AND 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... | |
| Robert Burns - 1855 - Počet stránok 562
...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 - 1856 - Počet stránok 538
...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...glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid Rim lovr, And stain'd his na.ne' Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the... | |
| Robert Burns - 1856 - Počet stránok 728
...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...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer name ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights... | |
| John Wilson - 1857 - Počet stránok 454
...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...thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this... | |
| John Wilson - 1857 - Počet stránok 466
...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...thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this... | |
| 1857 - Počet stránok 336
...mute ; We never can adjust it: What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted." " The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise...thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name. " Reader, attend : whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly... | |
| John Wilson - 1857 - Počet stránok 448
...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...thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name ! Eeader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this... | |
| Henry Reed - 1857 - Počet stránok 424
...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... | |
| James White - 1858 - Počet stránok 316
...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...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... | |
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