...the star which to the Saviour led. HEMANS. 27. Unhappy White ! while life was in its spring, And his young muse just waved her joyous wing, The spoiler came, and all his promise fair Then sought the grave, to sleep forever there. Oh, what a noble heart was here undone,...

...entering on a career of distinguished usefulness. We will not say, in the sceptical tone of a late bard, " The spoiler came, and all thy promise fair Has sought the grave, to sleep for ever there." Death has been to him a removal to a higher state of being, and he has left a bright example behind....

...distinguished usefulness. We will not say, in the sceptical tone of a late bard, " The spoiler came, and nil thy promise fair Has sought the grave, to sleep for ever there." Death has been to him a removal to a higher state of being, and he has left a bright example behind....

...he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies ! IX ON THE DEATH OF HENRY KIRKE WHITE. UNHAPPY White ! while life was in its spring, And thy young muse just wav'd her joyous wing, The spoiler swept that soaring lyre away, Which else had sounded an immortal...

...fair disguise, That all, but virtue's solid joys, Is vanity and woe. HENRY KIRKE WHITE, 1785—1806. "Unhappy White! while life was in its spring, And...all thy promise fair Has sought the grave, to sleep forever there. Oh ! what a noble heart was here undone, When scienee' self destroyed her favorite son...

...irreparably. Thus, in alluding to the budding genius of " unhappy White," Byron exclaims — " Oh I what a noble heart was here undone, When Science self...Yes, she too much indulged thy fond pursuit ; She sow'd the seeds, but Death has reap'd the fruit. 'Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd...

...her joyous wing, The spoiler came — and all thy promise fair Has sought the grave, to sleep forever there. Oh ! what a noble heart was here undone, When science' self destroyed her favorite son ! Yes! she too much indulged thy fond pursuit, She sowed the seeds — but death has reaped...

...memory of this talented and lamented youth. LINES ON HENRY EIREE WHITE-BY BYRON Unhappy White ! (a) while life was in its spring, And thy young muse just...all thy promise fair Has sought the grave, to sleep forever there. Oh ' what a noble heart was here undone, When Science 'self destroy'd her favorite son...

...sorrowfully to those studies that had so impaired his health, and probably shortened his life, he says, " Unhappy White ! while life was in its spring, And thy young muse just wav'd her joyous wing, The spoiler came ; and all thy promise fair Has sought the grave, to sleep for...

...consummate crime ? Arouse thec, Gifford ! be thy promise claim'd, Make bad men better, or at least ashamed. Unhappy White !* while life was in its spring, And thy young muse just waved her joyous wing, fThe spoiler swept that soaring lyre away, Which else had sounded an immortal lay. Oh ! what a noble...