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
| 1902 - 874 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 wise...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, James Currie - 1844 - 706 psl.
...tear, Survey this grave. с Too. d BMhful. / (Her. t To submit tamcl?, to sneak. g To lamtnt, to mourn. 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... | |
| Thomas Miller - 1844 - 474 psl.
...mad career, Wild as the wave Here pauseand through the starting tear, Survey this grave. ' The poor inhabitant below. Was quick to learn, and...And keenly felt the friendly glow. And softer flame ' No, Godfrey, I will repeat no more: the ' thoughtless folly' was mine; and will, ere long, ' lay... | |
| 1844 - 742 psl.
...inscribed on his grave: The poor inhabitant below Was wise to learn and keen to know, And warmly felt the friendly glow And softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low And stained his name. But in his day and generation he contributed by his writings in no inconsiderable degree to the happiness... | |
| John Wilson - 1845 - 248 psl.
...life's mad career, Wild as the wave; Here pauseand, 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, attendwhether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling... | |
| John Wilson - 1845 - 266 psl.
...life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here paussand, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grav t \ "The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly clow, And softer llaine; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his nair.c ! < " Reader,... | |
| 1845 - 1026 psl.
...was himself sensible of his errors, and unreservedly acknowledged them, as in the following lines : " The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the social glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies bid him low, And stained his name." John London... | |
| 1845 - 440 psl.
...wave ; Here pause and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhahitant helow, Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer ßame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name I Reader, attend whether thy soul... | |
| 1845 - 1038 psl.
...lines: " The poor inhabitant below, \Vas quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the social glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name." John London M'Adam, Esq. This gentleman, the far-famed constructor and improver of public roads,... | |
| William Knox - 1847 - 240 psl.
...the hopes she gave, But ere she closed her sixteenth year We bore her to the grave. THE BARD'S GRAVE. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise...thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name. BURNS. BENEATH that thorn, so old and gray, That stands beside this lonely way, And loves its hoary... | |
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