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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

4202 Thomas Gray 1716-1771 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:4202
AUTHOR:Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
QUOTATION:Here rests his head upon the lap of earth,
  A youth to fortune and to fame unknown:
Fair Science frown’d not on his humble birth,
  And Melancholy mark’d him for her own. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Epitaph.
 
Note 1.
See Walton, Quotation 22. [back]