| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| Thomas Moss. (1740–1808) |
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| 1 | 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. |
| The Beggar. |
| 2 | | A pampered menial drove me from the door. 1 |
| The Beggar. |
| | Note 1.
This line stood originally, “A liveried servant,” etc., and was altered as above by Goldsmith.—Forster: Life of Goldsmith, vol. i. p. 215 (fifth edition, 1871). [back] |
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