 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 Life and Times of Hugh Miller - Sivu 260tekijä(t) Thomas N. Brown - 1858 - 346 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Anne MacVicar Grant - 1803 - 468 sivua
...so emphatically, that no one can produce any thing comparable to it ; " The poor inhabitant below " Was quick to learn and. wise to know, " And keenly felt the social glow " And softer flame, " But thoughtless follies laid him low, " And stain'd his name." Alas, for the verity of the prediction... | |
 | James Storer, John Greig - 1805 - 116 sivua
...the wave, Here pause— and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. 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! 21 Reader,... | |
 | Lyre - 1806 - 204 sivua
...This event took place July 21, 1796, in the thirtyeighth year of his age. The poor Inhabitant below— Was quick to learn, and wise to know ; And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer fame : But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! BURNS... | |
 | Thomas N. Brown - 1859 - 360 sivua
...saw awaiting him, against all ever advanced on the opposite side : — 4 The poor inhabitant below Was 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/ "Despite the authority of high names,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 sivua
...wave ; Here pause — and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. 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,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 sivua
...the wave ; Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. 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, Forbye, he '11 shape you aff,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 sivua
...wave ; Here pause — and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. 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,... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 sivua
...the wave ; Here pause— and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. 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,... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - 1826 - 226 sivua
...the wave ; Here pause—and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. 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,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1826 - 272 sivua
...the wave ; Here pause — and thro' the starting tear, Snrvey this grave. 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... | |
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