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Here rests his head upon the lap of earthA youth to fortune and to fame unknown.Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth,And Melancholy marked him for her own.

Here rests his head upon the lap of earthA youth to fortune and to fame unknown.Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth,And Melancholy marked him for her own.
Thomas Gray ↗

Approximate author period: c. 1743 AD · early modern

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Thomas Gray
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Approximate author period: c. 1743 AD · early modern
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