 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 heaven will bless your store.  Book of Elegant Poetical Extracts - Page 85by John T. Watson - 1869 - 506 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1789 - 416 pages
...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...Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span, Oh! give relieS—and Heaven will bless your store. ELEGY XII. BY DANIEL HAYES, ESQ. AH ! what avails this short... | |
 | James Anderson - 1793 - 380 pages
...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...limbs have 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... | |
 | 1800 - 322 pages
...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...door; Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span; O give relief, and Heaven will bless your store ! These tatter'd clothes my poverty bespeak, These... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...world to wretchedness and me. Pity the sorrows of a poor old man ! Whose tremhling limhs have horne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span; Oh ! give relief — and Heaven will hless your store. HYMN TO BENEVOLENCE. BY BLACKLOCK. HAIL, source of transport, ever new! While I thy... | |
 | Peter Pindar - 1804 - 176 pages
...PETITION. ANON. X ITY the sorrows of a poor old man, [door, Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your 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... | |
 | John Wolcot - 1804 - 178 pages
...ANON. X ITY the 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... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...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...door ; Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span — O give relief! and Heaven will bless your store. THE DYING NEGRO. O'ER my toil-wither'd limbs sickly... | |
 | 1806 - 330 pages
...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...door; Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span ; O give relief, and Heaven will bless your store ! These tatter'd clothes my poverty bespeak, These... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...And left the world to wretchedness and me Pity the 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. HYMN TO BENEVOLENCE. BY BL.sCEI.OCE. HAIL, source of transport,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 542 pages
...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...dwindled to the shortest span: Oh! give relief, and Ileav'n will bless your store. Who lives to nature rarely can be poor: Who lives to fancy, never can... | |
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