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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSCRIPTION FOR THE MONUMENT OF THE REV. GEORGE SCOTT, by WALTER SCOTT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: To youth, to age, alike, this tablet pale
Last Line: Heaven crown'd its champion ere the fight was fought.
Subject(s): Monuments
First Line: To youth, to age, alike, this tablet pale
Last Line: Heaven crown'd its champion ere the fight was fought.
Subject(s): Monuments
To youth, to age, alike, this tablet pale
Tells the brief moral of its tragic tale.
Art thou a parent? Reverence this bier,
The parents' fondest hopes lie buried here.
Art thou a youth, prepared on life to start,
With opening talents and a generous heart,
Fair hopes and flattering prospects all thine own?
Lo! here their end -- a monumental stone.
But let submission tame each sorrowing thought,
Heaven crown'd its champion ere the fight was fought.
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