 | 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 aie to... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1771 - 592 pages
...miferably old. Should I reveal the fource of every grief, If foft humanity e'er touch'd your breaft, Your hands 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 to the ftate... | |
 | G. Pearch - 1775 - 340 pages
...miferably old. Should I reveal the fource of every grief, If foft humanity e'er touch'd your breaft, Your hands 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 to the ftate... | |
 | John Wesley - 1786 - 738 pages
...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 be repreft. Hcavdn fends misfortunes ; why fhould we repine: 'Tis heaven has brought me to... | |
 | 1780 - 226 pages
...the cold! Should I reveal the fource of every grief, If foft humanity e'er toueh'd your breaft, 'Vour hands would not with-hold the kind relief, And tears of pity could not be repieft. Heaven fends misfortunes-—why fhould we rejiine-? 'Tis Heaven has brought me to the ftate... | |
 | Thomas Percival - 1781 - 330 pages
...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. Heaven fends misfortunes ; why mould we repine ? 'Tis Heaven has brought me to... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 462 pages
...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 repreft. 1 j*4 PATHETIC PIECES. Boot VII?. Heaven fends misfortunes ; why mould we repine... | |
 | 1787 - 430 pages
...Was I to tell the fource of every grief, If foft compaffion ever touch'd your breaft, Your hand could not withhold the kind relief, And tears of pity could not be reprcit. A little farm was my paternal lot, Then, like the lark, I fprightly hailed the morn, My cattle... | |
 | Prolusiones - 1788 - 210 pages
...morfque prcces. VI. Should I reveal the fources of my grief, If foft humanity e'er touch'd your breaft, Your hands would not with-hold the kind relief, And tears of pity would not be repreft. VII. Heav'n fends misfortunes ; why fhould we repine ? 'Tis heav'n has brought... | |
 | William Humphries - 1790 - 16 pages
...miferably old. Should I reveal the fources of my grief, If foft Humanity e'er touch'd your breaft, Your hands would not withhold the kind relief, And tears of Pity would not be repreft. Heaven fends misfortunes ; why íhould we repine ? Tis Heaven has brought me... | |
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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. 
