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The Beggar 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 tattered clothes my poverty bespeak, These hoary locks... Poet: Thomas Moss	The Beggar at the Door for Fame The Beggar at the Door for Fame Were easily supplied But Bread is that Diviner thing Disclosed to be denied Poet:	The Beggar. A Song. I. WHILE cruel to your wishing slave, You still refuse the boon I crave, Confess, what joy that precious pearl Conveys to thee, my lovely girl? II. Dost thou not act the miser'... Poet:	When a Lover is a Beggar When a Lover is a Beggar Abject is his Knee — When a Lover is an Owner Different is he — What he begged is then the Beggar — Oh disparity — Bread of Heaven resents bestowal Like an... Poet:
Written Extempore On A Halfpenny, Which a young lady gave a beggar, and the author redeemed for half-a-crown DEAR little, pretty, fav'rite ore, That once increas'd Gloriana's store; That lay within her bosom bless'd, Gods might have envied thee thy nest. I've read, imperial Jove of old For love... Poet: