 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 494 pages
...a barbarous deed ; For he ne'er could be trne, she averted, Who could rob a poor bird of its young; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. In the third he mentions the common places of amorous poetry with some address. 'Tis his with mock... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...barbarous deed : For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. In the third he mentions the common-places of amorous poetry with some address : 'Tis his with mock-passion... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...'tis a barbarous deed. For he ne'er can be true, she averr'd, Who can rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard •Such tenderness...tongue. Epitaph. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A vouth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 370 pages
...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,...youth to fortune and to fame unknown fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own was his bounty, and his soul... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...the wood pigeons breed/ But let me that plunder forbear! And I In M her the more, when I heard Sueh tenderness fall from her tongue. Epitaph. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to i'atne unknown : Fair Seienee frown'd not on his humble birth,... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...deed. For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, ' Who could rob a poor bird of its young : And I loved her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. VI. I have heard her with sweetness unfold, How that pity was due to — a dove ; That it ever attended... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...'tis a barbarous deed. For he'jie'er can be true, she aver*di Who can rob a poor bird of itsyoorig'; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such. tenderness fall from her toogae. Epitaph, Here rests his head upon the lap of eai'th, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 410 pages
...barbarous deed : For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. In the third he mentions the common-places of amorous poetry with some address : 'Tis his with mock... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...Approach, and read (for thou canst read; the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged t horn." THE 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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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 borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon... 
