| C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...PETITION. Pity the sorrows | of a poor old man, [door; Whose trembling limbs | have borne hi m to y our Whose days are dwindled | to the shortest span; Oh ! give relief, and Heav'n will bless your store. These tatter'd clothes | my poverty bespeak, These hoary locks proclaim... | |
| John Hall - Elocution - 1845 - 354 pages
...Unvexed with all the cares of gain. 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. How many now are dead to me That live to others... | |
| Allen Ayrault Griffith - Elocution - 1879 - 348 pages
...tenderness predominates. EXAMPLES, i. Pity the sorrows of a poor old man Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door ; Whose days are dwindled to the...Oh, give relief, and heaven will bless your store ! Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of time. 3I'll not march through... | |
| John McGovern - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 762 pages
...much prominence in literature: 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. THOSE who find it most convenient to toil in the... | |
| James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1880 - 352 pages
...love, it was the nightingale. 2. 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. IV. RATE. RATE1 REFERS TO MOVEMENT in reading and... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...world to wretchedness anil me. Pity the sorrows of a poor old man ! Whose trembling limbs have borne s power, — Turn, 0, turn a favoring eye, Hear our solemn lita 0. give relief, and Heaven will bless your store. THOMAS Moss. FOR A' THAT AND A' THAT. Is there for... | |
| George Mogridge - 1881 - 140 pages
...you have read the words — " Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door ; Whose days are dwindled to the...give relief, and Heaven will bless your store ! These tattered clothes my poverty bespeak ; These hoary locks proclaim my lengthened years ; And many a furrow... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...world to wretchedness and me. Pity the sorrows of a poor old man I Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door,' Whose days are dwindled to the...Oh ! give relief, and Heaven will bless your store. Song from ' TJie Shamrock ' (Dublin, 1772). Belinda's sparkling eyes and wit Thus the wild flood, with... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...world to wretchedness and me. Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling limbs have borne ! When in the night I sleepless lie, My soul with...thoughts supply ! Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, No THOMAS Moss. THE VAGABONDS. WE are two travellers, Roger and I. Roger's my dog. — Come here, you... | |
| English poets - English poetry - 1889 - 596 pages
...1709. THE BEGGAR. PITY the sorrows of a poor old man ! Whosetremblinglimbs have borne him to your dooi. Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span : Oh...give relief, and Heaven will bless your store. These tattered clothes my poverty bespeak, These hoary locks proclaim my lengthened yearn . And many a furrow... | |
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