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
| James Matthew Barrie - 1928 - 894 psl.
...seemed to matter. I have kicked over all the traces, my friend. You remember the Scottish poet who Keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame, But...thoughtless follies laid him low And stained his name. (Sadly enough) Thoughtless follies laid her low, Charles, and stained her name. CHARLES (ready to fling... | |
| Edwin Holt Hughes - 1928 - 194 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 wise to know, And keenly felt the finer glow, And softer flame. But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name!"4 So do we... | |
| 1879 - 1166 psl.
...Burns, and a style of perfect plainness, relying for effect solely on the weight and force of :hat which with entire fidelity it utters, Burns could...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... | |
| 1903 - 838 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...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... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1973 - 508 psl.
...solely on the weight and force of that which with entire fidelity it utters, Burns could show him. 15 "The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and...softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low 10 And stain'd his name.' Every one will be conscious of a likeness here to Wordsworth; and if Wordsworth... | |
| Donald A. Low - 1974 - 474 psl.
...own, in prostration of spirit, that the light which led him astray was not always light from Heaven. The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to learn and...thoughtless follies laid him low And stained his name. Having thus settled with Wordsworth, turn we to the Rev. Hamilton Paul.* There is a hero for you. Any... | |
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