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" When science' self destroyed her favourite son ! Yes ! she too much indulged thy fond pursuit, She sowed the seeds, but death has reaped the fruit. 'Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low. So the struck... "
The Remains of Henry Kirke White of Nottingham, Late of St. John's College ... - Page 308
by Henry Kirke White - 1811
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English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers: A Satire

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1809 - 108 pages
...heart was here undone, When Science 'self destroyed her favourite son! Yes! she too much indulged tliy fond pursuit, She sowed the seeds, but death has reaped...And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low: 820 x * * HENRY KIRKE WHITE died at Cambridge in October 1806, in consequence of too much exertion...
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English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers: A Satire

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1809 - 74 pages
...heart was here undone, When Science 'self destroyed her favourite son! Yes ! she too much indnlg'd thy fond pursuit, She sowed the seeds, but death has...final blow And helped to plant the wound that laid I her low : So the struck Eagle stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again,...
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English bards, and Scotch reviewers; a satire

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1810 - 110 pages
...heart was here undone, When Science 'self destroyed her favourite son ! Yes, she too much indulged thy fond pursuit, She sowed the seeds, but death has...And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low: * HENRY KIRK WHITE died at Cambridge in October 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the pursuit...
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The remains of Henry Kirke White [ed.] with an acount of his life ..., Volume 1

Henry Kirke White - 1813 - 398 pages
...there. Oh ! what a noble heart was here undone, When Science' self destroyed her favourite son ! Yes f she too much indulg'd thy fond pursuit ; She sowed the seeds, but Death has reaped the fruit. Twas tbine own Genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck...
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The Literary Panorama, Volume 6

English literature - 1809 - 672 pages
...they write, and write but as they feel — Bear witness Gifford, Sotherby, Macneil. Unhappy White ! f while life was in its spring And thy young Muse just...Death has reaped the fruit. Twas thine own Genius gaTe the final blow And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck Eagle stictched...
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The Intellectual repository for the New Church. (July/Sept. 1817 ...

New Church gen. confer - 1847 - 510 pages
...genius, impelled to fatality in consequence of being cultivated too seduously; hence, he says, — " Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low." Now, you will at once perceive that there is no natural connexion between any one of these similies...
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English bards and Scotch reviewers; a satire. To which is added, An ode to ...

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1814 - 88 pages
...•She sowed the seeds, hut Death has reaped the fruit, 1 was thine own genius gave the final hlow And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struek eagle stretehed upon the plain, No more through rolling elouds to soar again, Viewed his own...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...heart was here undone, When Science 'self destroyed her favourite son ! YES ! she too much indulged thy fond pursuit, She sowed the seeds, but Death has...the wound that laid thee low : So the struck EAGLE, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his men feather on the...
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English bards, and Scotch reviewers: a satire

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 80 pages
...noble heart was here undone, When Science'self destroyed her favourite son! Yes ! she too much indulged thy fond pursuit , She sowed the seeds , but death has reaped the fruit. 8c 'Twas thine own Genius gave the final blow And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So...
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British melodies, extracts from the modern poets [signed J.H.R.].

British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...allotted to talents which would have dignified even the sacred functions be was destined to assume. UNHAPPY White ! while life was in its spring, And...reaped the fruit. 'Twas thine own Genius gave the final Wow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain,...
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