 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 Seiten
...surprising addition to the jest. Large was his bounty and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send; He gave to misery all he had, a tear ; He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. The fops are proud of scandal; for they cry At every... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 Seiten
...surprising addition to the jest. Large was his bounty and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send; He gave to misery all he had, a tear ; He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. • The fops are proud of scandal; for they cry... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 Seiten
...surprising addiJtion to the jest. Large was his bounty and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send ; He gave to misery all he had, a tear ; He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. Gray's Elegy. The fops are proud of scandal ; for... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 Seiten
...surprising addition to the jest. Large was his bounty and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send; He gave to misery all he had, a tear ; He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. The fops are proud of scandal; for they cry At every... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1845 - 92 Seiten
...Melancholy mark'd him for her own. XXX. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Misery all he had — a tear ; XXXI. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode : (There... | |
 | 1846 - 436 Seiten
...melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send ; He gave to misery all he had, a tear ; He gained from Heaven ('t was all he wished) a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 Seiten
...melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send ; He gave to misery, all he had, a...gained from heaven, 'twas all he wished, a friend. ON SLAVERY.— Cowper. 0 FOR a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 Seiten
...Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Misery all he had, — a tear ; He gain'd from heaven — 'twas all he wish'd — a friend No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 Seiten
...Melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Misery all he had, a...gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished), a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 Seiten
...Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heav'n did a recompense as largely send ; He gave to Misery (all he had) a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
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THE EPITAPH Here rests 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 marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as... 
