...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...thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his naaie1 Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkly grubs this...

...to seek, owre proud to snool 't Let him draw near; And owre tliis grassy heap sing dool, And drap a tear. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn,...flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name.'1 In the words of an eloquent living writer — " Alas ! his sun shone as through...

...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...flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained hU name ! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling...

...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...And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame, Bnt thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name! Header, attend—whether thy soul Soars...

...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...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...

...feelings which he thus touchingly confessed : — " The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to learn, aiid wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him lovr, And stained his name ! " (Applause.) Such a confession one would have thought might have satisfied...

...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 stain'd his name ! Header, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this...

...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...softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name. " Reader, attend: whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Of darkling...

...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...glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid >nm low,. And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the...

...may infer from the lines suggesting a Poet's epitaph, in which he says: " The poor inhabitant beloiv Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt...softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name." We follow, with profound interest, the career of this earnest, ambitious, proud...