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" Oh take me to your hospitable dome ! Keen blows the wind, and piercing is the cold ! Short is my passage to the friendly tomb, For I am poor, and miserably old. "
Prolusiones poeticæ; or, A selection of poetical exercises, in Greek, Latin ... - Page 64
by Prolusiones - 1788
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Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 46

1770 - 440 pages
...mifcrjbly old. Shou'd I reveal the fource of ev'ry grief, If foft humanity e'er touch'd your breifts, •Your hands would not withhold the kind relief, And tears of pity could not be rrpreft, . Heav'n fends misfortunes — Why fhouli we repine ?.. . 'Tis Heav'n h.is brought...
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Annual Register, Volume 13

Edmund Burke - 1771 - 590 pages
...paflage to the friendly tomb, For I am poor — and miferably old. Should I reveal the fource of every grief, If foft humanity e'er touch'd your breaft,...would not with-hold the kind relief, And tears of pity could not be repreft. Heav'n fends misfortunes — why fhouldwe repine? 'Tis Heav'n has brought me...
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A Collection of Poems, in Four Volumes, Volume 3

G. Pearch - 1775 - 340 pages
...paflage to the friendly tomb, For I am poor and miferably old. Should I reveal the fource of every grief, If foft humanity e'er touch'd your breaft,...would not with-hold the kind relief. And tears of pity could not be repreft. Heav'n fends misfortunes — why fhould we repine ? 'Tis heaven has brought me...
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The Arminian Magazine: Consisting of Extracts and Original ..., Volume 9

John Wesley - 1786 - 738 pages
...piercing is the cold ' , Short is my paffage to the friendly tomb; For I am poor and miferably old. Should I reveal the fources of my grief, If foft humanity e'er touched your lireaft, Your hands would not with-hold the kind relief, , And tears of pity would not...
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A father's instructions; moral tales, fables, and reflections

Thomas Percival - 1781 - 330 pages
...and piercing is the cold! Short is my paflage to the friendly tomb, For I am poor and miferably old. Should I reveal the fources of my grief, If foft humanity e'er touch'd yourbreaft, Your hands would not withhold the kind relief, And tears of pity would not be repreft....
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The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1785 - 460 pages
...and piercing is the cold ! Short is my paflage to the friendly tomb, For I am poor and miferably old. Should I reveal the fources of my grief, If foft humanity e'er toueh'd your breaft, Your hands would not withhold the kind relief, And tears of Pity would not be...
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry: Vol. I.

1789 - 222 pages
...miserably old. Should I reveal the source of every grief, If soft humanity e'er touch'd your breast, Your hands would not with-hold the kind relief, And tears of pity could not be represt. Heaven sends misfortunes — why should we repine ? 'Tis Heaven has brought me...
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Mendici supplicatio in Latino versu reddita

William Humphries - 1790 - 16 pages
...and piercing is the cold ! Short is my paflage to the friendly tomb, For 1 am poor and miferably old. Should I reveal the fources of my grief, If foft Humanity...kind relief, And tears of Pity would not be repreft. Heaven fends misfortunes ; why íhould we repine ? Tis Heaven has brought me to the ftate you fee;...
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...miferably old. Should I reveal the lources of my grief, s' If loft humanity e'er touch'd your brtsft, Your hands would not withhold the kind relief, And tears of pity would not be rcpreft. Heav'n fends misfortunes ; why ihould we repine ? •Tis Heav'n has brought me to the ftate...
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Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle, Volume 70

1791 - 728 pages
...roiferably old 1 Should 1 reveal the fources of my grief, If foft Humanity e'er touch d your hrenft, Vo\ir hands would not withhold the kind relief, And tears of Pity would not be reprcft. Heav'n fends misfortunes! why ilxml.l we repitiB r— f. ee !— Tis Heav'n has brought me...
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