John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8159 Owen Seaman 1861- ? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8159 |
| AUTHOR: | Owen Seaman (1861– ?) |
| QUOTATION: | Whene’er I walk the public ways, How many poor that lack ablution Do probe my heart with pensive gaze, And beg a trivial contribution! 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The bitter Cry of the great Unpaid. |
| Note 1. See the anonymous travesty. Whene’er I walk this beauteous earth, How many poor I see, But as I never speaks to them, They never speaks to me. [back] |