 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 psl.
...the lawn, nor at the wood was he; " The next with dirges due in sad array " Slow thro' the church-way path we saw " him borne. " Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the " lay " Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged " thorn." THE EPITAPH [5]. Here rests his head upon the lap... | |
 | 1800 - 322 psl.
...Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he. • " The next, with dirges due in sad array, " Slow thro' the church-yard path we saw him " borne. " Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, " Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. " HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 psl.
...the lawn, nor at the wood was he; " The next with dirges due in sad array " Slow thro' the church-way path we saw " him borne, " Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the "lay THE EPITAPH [45]. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown:... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 psl.
...the lawn, nor at the wood, was he. The next with dirges due, in sad array, Slow thro' the ohurch-way path we saw him borne; Approach, and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone, beneath yon aged thorn. Here the words thou canst, are emphatical, as they are... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 72 psl.
...patron in the heavens, to enliven their prosperity, or to warm their hearts with gratitude and trust ! EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth,...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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 psl.
...walk, and his Noontide repose." " The next with dirges due in sad array " Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him " borne, • * Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay " Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH [45]. Here rests his head upon the !ap of... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 psl.
...nor at the wood was he: EIEGY 3* 'Thenext, with dirges due, in sad array 'Stow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne,,. •Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay 1 Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.' 7 THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 288 psl.
...heard , Such tendernefs fall from her tongue. EPITAPH. Here refts his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his foul fmcere ; Heav'n did a recompenfe as largely... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 psl.
...Approach, and read, for thou canst road, the lay » Grav'd on the stone , beneath yon aged thoru. » THE EPITAPH. * HERE rests his head upon the lap of...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... | |
 | 1806 - 408 psl.
...Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, ' Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.' Ihe EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of Earth...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... | |
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One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him... 
