 | 1886 - 552 pages
...and piercing is the cold! Short Is my passage to the friendly tomb, For I am poor and miserably old. Should I reveal the source of every grief, If soft...Your hands would not withhold the kind, relief, And teare of pity could not be repressed. Heaven sends misfortunes — why should we repiiie? 'Tis Heaven... | |
 | 1888 - 344 pages
...am poor, and miserably old. Should I reveal the sources of my grief, If soft humanity e'er touch'd your breast, Your hands would not withhold the kind relief, And tears of pity would not be repressed. Heaven sends misfortunes ; why should we repine ? 'Tis Heaven has brought me... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1890 - 394 pages
...and piercing is the cold ; Short is my passage to the friendly tomb, For I am poor and miserably old. Should I reveal the source of every grief, If soft humanity e'er touched your breast, Four hands would not withhold the kind relief, And tears of pity could not be repressed. Heaven sends... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 pages
...poor, and miserably old. Should I reveal the source of every grief, If soft humanitv eVr touched vour breast, Your hands would not withhold the kind relief, And tears of pity could not be repressed. Heaven sends misfortunes — why should we repine? 'Tis Heaven has brought me to the state... | |
 | John W. Iliff - 1893 - 616 pages
...miserably old. Should I reveal the source of every grief. If ^oft humai:ily e'er touched your hreast. Your hands would not withhold the kind relief, And tears of pity could not be repressed. Heaven sends misfortunes, — why should we repine? Tis heaven has brought me to the state... | |
 | Daniel B. Shepp - 1897 - 542 pages
...my passage to the friendly tomb, For I am poor and miserably old. Should 1 reveal the sources of my grief, If soft humanity e'er touched your breast....would not withhold the kind relief, And tears of pity would not be repress'd. Heav'n sends misfortunes, why should we repine? Tis Heav'n has brought me to... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 564 pages
...and piercing is the cold! Short is my passage to the friendly tomb, For I am poor and miserably old. Should I reveal the source of every grief, If soft...withhold the kind relief, And tears of pity could not be repressed. Heaven sends misfortunes — why should we repine ? Tis Heaven has brought me to the state... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 548 pages
...and piercing is the cold I Short is my passage to the friendly tomb, For I am poor and miserably old. Should I reveal the source of every grief, If soft...withhold the kind relief, And tears of pity could not be repressed. Heaven sends misfortunes — why should we repine? 'Tis Heaven has brought me to the state... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 396 pages
...humbler shed. Oh ! take me to your hospitable dome, Keen blows the wind, and piercing is the cold I Should I reveal the source of every grief, If soft...withhold the kind relief, And tears of pity could not be repressed. Heaven sends misfortunes — why should we repine ? T is Heaven has brought me to the state... | |
 | 1904 - 610 pages
...and piercing is the cold! Short is my passage to the friendly tomb, For I am poor and miserably old. Should I reveal the source of every grief, If soft...withhold the kind relief. And tears of pity could not be repressed. Heaven sends misfortunes, — why should we repine? 'T is Heaven has brought me to the state... | |
| |
Heaven has brought me to the state you see ; And your condition may be soon like mine, The child of sorrow and of misery. 
