 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
 | James Matthew Barrie - 1922 - Počet stránok 76
...failures, at least all the best of us. The greatest Scotsman that ever lived wrote himself down a failure: "The poor Inhabitant below Was quick to learn and...thoughtless follies laid him low. And stained his name." Perhaps the saddest lines in poetry, written by a man who could make things new for the gods themselves.... | |
 | Jay Broadus Hubbell, John Owen Beaty - 1922 - Počet stránok 560
...himself, 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... | |
 | Walter Raleigh - 1923 - Počet stránok 348
...How much unlike ! Your hearts are just a standing pool, Your lives, a dyke ! And again, on himself, The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise...flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! The poet who wrote these verses knew the delight of riding on the crest of the wave,... | |
 | Herbert Samuel Mallory - 1923 - Počet stránok 558
...solely on the weight and force of that which with entire fidelity it utters, Burns could show him. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise...softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low And stain'd his name. Every one will be conscious of a likeness here to Wordsworth; and if Wordsworth did... | |
 | Dorothy Wordsworth - 1925 - Počet stránok 574
...life's mad career Wild as the wave ? — Here let him pause, and through a tear Survey this grave. The poor Inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and...flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name. The churchyard is full of grave-stones and expensive monuments in all sorts of fantastic... | |
 | David Graham - 1925 - Počet stránok 380
...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...thoughtless follies laid him low And stained his name. " Reader, attend—whether thy soul Soar's fancy's flights beyond the Pole, Or darkly grubs this earthly... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - Počet stránok 1180
...life's mad career, Wild as the wave; Here pause — and, through the startir. ; 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 earthly... | |
 | 1896 - Počet stránok 432
...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... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - Počet stránok 906
...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...thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name! Blate: bashful Dool: grief Snool: fan Reader, attend — whether. thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - Počet stránok 928
...life's mad career Wild as the wave ? — Here pause — and thro' the starting tear Survey this grave. a-crown at most, on stain'd his name ! Reader, attend! whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling... | |
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