...poetical gifts much greater than his, whom fame will never find. We do not forget what Byron said : — Unhappy White ! while life was in its spring And thy...young muse just waved her joyous wing, The spoiler swept that soaring lyre away Which else had sounded an immortal lay. Bold prophecy ! If Kirke White's...

...Southey, were issued The Spoiler swept that soaring Lyre away,1 1 Which else had sounded an immortal lay. Oh ! what a noble heart was here undone, When Science' self destroyed her favourite son I Yes, she too much indulged thy fond pursuit, She sowed the seeds, but Death has reaped the fruit....

...literary merits. In 1809 Byron wrote sympathetically in his ' English Bards and Scotch Reviewers : ' Unhappy White ! while life was in its spring And thy young muse just shook her joyous wing, The spoiler came ; and all thy promise fair Has sought the grave, to sleep for...

...the same opinion when he wrote the following high tribute to the memory of the youthful bard, — " Unhappy White! while life was in its spring, And thy young muse just shook her joyous wing, The spoiler came ; and all thy promise fair H a» sought the grave, to sleep...

...during examination for a prize ! The horse won, but he died after the race ! " Thus Byron writes : " Unhappy White ! while life was in its spring, And...young Muse just waved her joyous wing. The Spoiler swept that soaring Lyre away. Which else had sounded an immortal lay. Oh ! what a noble heart was here...

...thee, Gifford! be thy promise claim'd, 830 Make bad men better, or at least ashamed. Unhappy White!2 while life was in its spring, And thy young muse just waved her joyous wing, The spoiler swept that soaring lyre away, Which else had sounded an immortal lay. 835 Oh! what a noble heart was...