| John Bell - 1789 - 416 pagini
...decree, Fell—ling'ring fell a victim to despair, And left the world to wretchedness and me. __ 4* Pity the sorrows of a poor old man ! Whose trembling...limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span, Oh! give relieS—and Heaven will bless your store. ELEGY XII. BY DANIEL... | |
| James Anderson - 1793 - 380 pagini
...at Eton, the late Dr Roberts. This ballad was entitled the " Beggar's Petition," and it begins with, Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling...borne him to your door; Whose days are dwindling to their fl1ortest span. Oh give relief ! and heav'a will blels your store. These tatter'd clothes my... | |
| 1800 - 322 pagini
...no more Thenceforth, but in thy presence joy entire. INCIDENTAL MISERIES ATTENDANT ON POVERTY. 1 ITY the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door; Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span; O give relief, and Heaven will bless your store ! These tatter'd clothes... | |
| Peter Pindar - 1804 - 176 pagini
...sorrows of a poor old man, [door, Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your Whose days arc dwindled to the shortest span ; Oh give relief, and Heaven will bless your store ! TO THE MOST HONOURABLE THE MARCHIONESS GREY: Sent with Phtcbe, a Pastoral Opera. BY J. HOADLY, LL.D.... | |
| John Wolcot - 1804 - 178 pagini
...sorrows of a poor old man, [door, "Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your \Vhose days are dwindled to the shortest span ; Oh give relief, and Heaven will bless your store ! These tatter'd clothes my poverty bespeak, These hoary locks proclaim my lengthen'd years ; And many... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pagini
...poor YORICK !". STERN-B,CHA P. II I. The Beggar's Petition. JtiT* tfie sorrows of a poor eld mail , "Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door , "Whose days are dwindled to tfie shortest span y ©h ! give' relief y and Heav'n will bless your store. These tatter'd... | |
| Poetry - 1806 - 192 pagini
...piercing is the cold : Short is my passage to the friendly tomb, For I am poor, and miserably old. Pity the sorrows of a poor old man Whose trembling...limbs have borne him to your door ; Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span — O give relief! and Heaven will bless your store. THE DYING NEGRO.... | |
| 1806 - 330 pagini
...no more Thenceforth, but in thy presence joy entire. 302 INCIDENTAL MISERIES ATTENDANT ON POVERTY. PITY the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling...limbs have borne him to your door; Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span ; O give relief, and Heaven will bless your store ! These tatter'd clothes... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pagini
...sorrows of a poor old man! Whose trembling limhs have borne him to your door , Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span; Oh! give relief, and Heaven will bless your store. These tatter'd clothes my poverty bespeak, These hoary locks proclaim my lengthen'd years; And many... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1808 - 542 pagini
...earthly givts, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy, Is virtue's prize. Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling...limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span: Oh! give relief, and Ileav'n will bless your store. Who lives to nature... | |
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