 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,...  The lyre of love [ed. by P.L. Courtier]. - Sayfa 87Lyre tarafından - 1806Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Richard Wright Procter - 1860 - 182 sayfa
...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...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid >nm low,. And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 312 sayfa
...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...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name. " Reader, attend: whether thy soul... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 sayfa
...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...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Header, attend — whether thy... | |
 | Burns Club of the City of New York - 1860 - 164 sayfa
...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 the friendly glow, And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name." We follow, with profound interest,... | |
 | 1864 - 616 sayfa
...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...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name. Reader, attend : whether thy soul... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1862 - 532 sayfa
...prediction of the fate which he saw awaiting him, against all ever advanced on the opposite side : — " The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the social glow, And suf tor flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained hia name." Despite... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 332 sayfa
...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 stained his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1863 - 254 sayfa
...-world." Frederick Schlegel. From " lectures on the History of Literature." BURN'S EPITAPH ON HIMSELF. " 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. " Mortal, attend ! Howe'er thy soul... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 328 sayfa
...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 stained his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 sayfa
...as the wave; Here pause — and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor Inhab1tant below Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And sofier flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And sb1in'd his name ! Header, attend — whether... | |
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