 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,...  Appletons' Journal - 143 psl.1879Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Jay Broadus Hubbell, John Owen Beaty - 1922 - 560 psl.
...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... | |
 | Herbert Samuel Mallory - 1923 - 554 psl.
...expression, is a line like this from Michael — And never lifted up a single stone. There is nothing subtle in it, no heightening, no study of poetic style, strictly...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... | |
 | Walter Raleigh - 1923 - 348 psl.
...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,... | |
 | Dorothy Wordsworth - 1925 - 574 psl.
...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... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1180 psl.
...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... | |
 | David Graham - 1925 - 380 psl.
...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... | |
 | 1896 - 432 psl.
...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 - 906 psl.
...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 - 928 psl.
...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1926 - 734 psl.
...mad career, ч Wild as the wave, ч Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. ^ The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer Same ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name I Reader, attend ! whether thy soul... | |
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