 | John Bell - English poetry - 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 limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span, Oh! give relieS—and Heaven will bless your... | |
 | Elegiac poetry, English - 1789 - 222 pages
...Laris, et Fundi. 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. These tatter'd cloaths my poverty bespeak, These hoary locks proclaim... | |
 | James Anderson - Books, Reviews - 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... | |
 | English poetry - 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 have borne him to your door; Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span; O give relief, and Heaven will bless your... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...BEGGAR'S PETITION. PITT tin- sorrows of a poor old man ! Whose tremhling limhs have horne him toyoor door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span; Oh ! give relief — and Heaven will hless your store. These tatter'd clothes my poverty hespeak, These hoary locks proclaim... | |
 | John Wolcot - 1804 - 178 pages
...and me. • t Pity 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 bkss your store! TO THE MOST HONOURABLE THE MARCHIONESS GREY: Sent with Plucbe, a Pastoral... | |
 | Peter Pindar - English poetry - 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... | |
 | 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 limbs have borne him to your door ; Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span — O give relief! and Heaven will bless your... | |
 | Poetry - 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 limbs have borne him to your door; Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span ; O give relief, and Heaven will bless your... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...BEGGAR'S PETITION. 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. These tatter'd clothes my poverty bespeak, These hoary locks proclaim... | |
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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. 
