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“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.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Beggar.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 638a9376c1dbac6f58b9f65d78f4617be3f289d7d886a50cc557b0749663a569
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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