...he wrote for himself ten years before he died. When he wrote it he penned both history and prophecy: "Is there a man, whose judgment clear, Can others...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, Or darkling...

...others teach the course to steer, Yet runs himself life's mad career Wild as the wave? Here pause—and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. The...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, Or darkling...

...course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career, Wild as the waves ; Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant...softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name. Header, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling...

...course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career, Wild as the wave; Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant...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, Or darkling...

...dying in poverty and bitter neglect. One stanza of his epitaph written by himself should be remembered. "The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and...softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low And stain'd his name." His Poetry. — The best poem of Burns on the virtues of the Scotch peasant is The...

...solely on the weight and force of that which with entire fidelity it utters, Burns could show him. " The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise...softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low And stain'd his name."1 Every one will be conscious of a likeness here to Wordsworth ; and if Wordsworth...

...dying in poverty and bitter neglect. One stanza of his epitaph written by himself should be remembered. "The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow and softer Same, But thoughtless follies laid him low And stain'd his name." His Poetry. — The best poem of...

...course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, .thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor Inhabitant...And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame, Bu' thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name \ Reader, attend— whether thy soul Soars...

...than Burns himself knew, the meaning and the pity of it. In the Bird's Epitaph he tells the world, — The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to learn, and...friendly glow And softer flame, — But thoughtless folly laid him low And stained his name. All this Bums meant, for if ever there was a nature truthful...

...seemed to matter. I have kicked over all the traces, my friend. You remember the Scottish poet who Keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low (Sadly enough) Thoughtless follies laid her low, Charles, and stained her name. CHARLES (ready to fling...