 A POET'S EPITAPH. Stop, Mortal ! Here thy brother lies, The Poet of the Poor. His books were rivers, woods, and skies, The meadow, and the moor ; His teachers were the torn hearts...  The Monthly Repository - Pagina 352geredigeerd door - 1835Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1904 - 738 pagina’s
...garden with a blue cap on." Elliott was fond of self-description, as will be seen from his lines : "A POET'S EPITAPH. " Stop, mortal! Here thy brother lies,...The meadow and the moor; His teachers were the torn hearts wail The tyrant and the slave, The street, the factory, the jail, The palace—and the grave... | |
 | 1843 - 376 pagina’s
...reputation. HENRIETTE DE B. A. POET'S EPITAPH. ' Stop; mortal'! here ihy brother lies, The poet of ihe poor : His books were rivers, woods, and skies, The meadow and the moor ; His teachers were the lorn heart's wail, The tyrant and the slave, The street, ihe factory, the gaol, The palace — and... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 1138 pagina’s
...affecting than the well-known lines of the Ayrshire peasant, the following are more dignified : — л POET'S EPITAPH. " Stop mortal ! here thy brother lies,...tyrant and the slave, The street, the factory, the jail, The palace — and the grave ! " Sin met thy brother every where ! And is thy brother blamed... | |
 | Ebenezer Elliott - 1835 - 310 pagina’s
...See Seraphs walk with slander'd Pymm, I will not hear the cherubim Sing tory odes to Castlereagh. A POET'S EPITAPH. Stop, Mortal ! Here thy brother lies,...meadow, and the moor ; His teachers were the torn hearts wail, The tyrant, and the slave, The street, the factory, the jail, The palace — and the grave... | |
 | Ebenezer Elliott - 1835 - 306 pagina’s
...See Seraphs walk with slander'd Pymm, I will not hear the cherubim Sing tory odes to Castlereagh. A POET'S EPITAPH. Stop, Mortal ! Here thy brother lies....The meadow, and the moor; His teachers were the torn hearts wail, The tyrant, and the slave, The street, the factory, the jail, The palace — and the grave... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 412 pagina’s
...and wept ; For I was stricken when he died, — I felt the arrow as he sighed His last, and slept. A POET'S EPITAPH. STOP, Mortal ! Here thy brother lies,...tyrant, and the slave, The street, the factory, the jail, The palace — and the grave ! Sin met thy brother every where ! And is thy brother blamed ?... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 348 pagina’s
...; For 1 was stricken when he died, — I felt the arrow as he sighed His last, and slept. A l'OET'8 EPITAPH. STOP, Mortal ! Here thy brother lies, The...tyrant, and the slave, The street, the factory, the jail, The palace — and the grave ! Sin met thy brother every where ! And is thy brother blamed ?... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pagina’s
...; For I was stricken when he died, — i felt the arrow as he sighed His last, and slept. A 1'OET'8 EPITAPH. STOP, Mortal ! Here thy brother lies, The Poet of the poor, His hooks were rivers, woods, and skies, The meadow, and the moor ; His teachers were the torn heart's... | |
 | Ebenezer Elliott - 1840 - 194 pagina’s
...See Seraphs walk with slander'd Pym, 1 will not hear the cherubim Sing Tory odes to Castlereagh. A POET'S EPITAPH. Stop, Mortal ! Here thy brother lies,...meadow, and the moor ; His teachers were the torn hearts' wail, The tyrant, and the slave, The street, the factory, the jail, The palace — and the... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 pagina’s
...woods and fields laid the foundation of his after fame ; and Thomson's Seasons made him a versifier : " His books were rivers, woods, and skies, The meadow and the moor." When at the age which determines destiny, or, — as he quaintly expresses it, — " while it was doubtful... | |
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