 | James Grant Raymond - 1806 - Страниц: 364
...following inscription : extracted from a poem written by the poet, entitled " The Fate of Genius." " No titled birth had he to boast : Son of the desert ; Fortune's child; Yet, not by frowning Fortune cross'd, • The muses on his cradle stnil'd. " He joy'd to ccm the fabling page Of prowess'd chiefs,... | |
 | Thomas Dermody - 1807 - Страниц: 316
...worth her soul approv'd, And truth she priz'd though humbly born ; — No wonder Florizel she lov'd. No titled birth had he to boast ; Son of the desert, Fortune's child. Yet, not by frowning Fortune crost, The muses on his cradle smil'd. He joy'd to con the fabling page Of prowess'd chiefs, and deeds... | |
 | Thomas Dermody - 1807 - Страниц: 312
...worth her soul approv'd, And truth she priz'd though humbly born ;— No wonder Florizel she lov'd. No titled birth had he to boast ; Son of the desert, Fortune's child. Yet, not by frowning Fortune crost, The muses on his cradle smil'd. He joy'd to con the fabling page Of prowess'd chiefs, and deeds... | |
 | George Pepper - 1829 - Страниц: 486
...memory; the inscription of which, was selected from his own poem on the " Fate of genius." " No tilled birth had he to boast, Son of the desert ! Fortune's child ! « Yet not by frowning fortune crost, The muses on liis cradle »mil'd. HP joy'ii to con the f.ibled page Of prowess'd chiefs, and... | |
 | 1926 - Страниц: 538
...memory of | THOMAS DERMODT, | who died 15th July, 1802, | aged 28 years. | No titled birth hast thou to boast, Son of the desert, Fortune's child; Yet not by frowning Fortune curst, The Muses on thy cradle emiled. Now a cold tenant dost thon lie Of this dark cell, all hushed... | |
 | Edwin Roffe - 1859 - Страниц: 138
...IN MEMORY OF THOMAS DERMODY, WHO DIED 15 TH JULY, 1802; AGED 28 YEARS. NO TITLED BIRTH HAD'ST THOU TO BOAST, SON OF THE DESERT; FORTUNE'S CHILD; YET, NOT BY FROWNING FORTUNE CROSS'D, THE MUSES ON THY CRADLE SMU/D . NOW A COLD TENANT DOST THOU LIE, OF THIS DARK CELL; ALL HUSH'D... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1883 - Страниц: 426
...his friends, the following lines, selected from one of Dermody's poems, have been engraved : — " No titled birth had he to boast : Son of the desert ;...Fortune crossed, The Muses on his cradle smiled. " He joyed to con the fabling page Of prowessed chiefs and deeds sublime, And e'en essayed in infant age... | |
 | Lewisham Antiquarian Society - 1889 - Страниц: 104
...In memory of | Thomas DERMODY | who died 15 July, 1802 | aged 28 years. No titled birth hadst thou to boast, Son of the desert, Fortune's child, Yet not by frowning fortune cross'd The Muses on thy cradle smil'd. Now a cold tenant dost thou lie Of this dark cell ; all hushed... | |
 | 1841 - Страниц: 520
...of his own works, entitled the ' Fate of Genius,' and commences thus : — "No titled birth had lie to boast, Son of the desert, Fortune's child, Yet not by frowning Fortune cross'd, The Muses on his cradle smil'd." In its progress from Lewisham to the Thames, the Ravensbourne... | |
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No titled birth had he to boast ; Son of the desert, Fortune's child. Yet, not by frowning Fortune crost, The muses on his cradle smil'd. 