Thus groan the old, till by disease oppress'd, They taste a final woe, and then they rest. Theirs is yon House, that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel... The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ... - Page 1621800Full view - About this book
| 1783 - 594 pages
...will exhibit, i. his pifture of a poor-houfe : " Theirs is yon houfe that holds the parifh poor, Whofe walls of mud fcarce bear the broken) door; There,...day; There children dwell, who know no parents' care ; [there ; Parents, who know no children* lov-, dwell Heart-broken matrons on their joylefi bed^i ForfaLen... | |
| 1783 - 424 pages
...defcribed. ' Theirs is yon houfe that holds the panih poor, Whole walls of mud fcarce bear the broken door J There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And...the day, There children dwell, who know no parents carej Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there j Heart-broken matrons, on their joyiefs bed,... | |
| 1783 - 524 pages
...defcribed. ' Theirs is yon houfe that holds the parilh poor, Whole walls ot mud fcarce bear the broken doori There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums dolsful through the day, There children dwell, who know no parents care; Paren ts,who know no children's... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1785 - 652 pages
...oppreit, They talte a final woe, and then they reft. Their's is yon houfe that holds the parim poor, Whofe walls of mud fcarce bear the broken door; There, where...there; Heart-broken matrons on their joylefs bed, Forf?.ken wives and mothers never wed ; Dejefted widows with unheeded tears, And crippled age with... | |
| 1788 - 404 pages
...talte a final woe, and then they reft. Their's is yon houfe that holds the parifh poor, Whofc walli of mud fcarce bear the broken door ; There, where...through the day ; There children dwell who know no parent's care, Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons on their joylefs... | |
| Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1790 - 308 pages
...APOTHECARY. -CLERGYMAN.—— The POOR MAN'S FUNERAL. THEIR's is yon houfe that holds the parimpoor, Whofe walls of mud fcarce bear the broken door; There, where...Forfaken wives, and mothers never wed; Dejefted widows with unheeded tears, And crippled age with more than childhood-fears -, The lame, the blind, and, far... | |
| Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1790 - 308 pages
...APOTHECARY. -CLERGYMAN.—— The POOR MAN'S FUNERAL. T HEIR's is yon houfe that holds the parimpoor, Whofe walls of mud fcarce bear the broken door; There, where...Forfaken wives, and mothers never wed; Dejefted widows with unheeded tears, And crippled age with more than childhood-fears -, The lame, the blind, and, far... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...134. A Defer: ftion of a Puriß Роп-Йсн/е. CRAEEE. npHEíRS is yon houft that holds theparilh poor, •*• Whole walls of mud fcarce bear the broken...There, where the putrid vapours flagging play, And the Jull wheel hums doleful thro' the day; There children dwell w ho know no parents care, Parents, who... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...Iforjir. CRABBE. 'T'HETRS is yon houfe thatholds the parifli poor, •*• Whofc walli of mud Scarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours flagging play, And the dull wheel hunu doleful thro the day : There children dwell who know" no parents care; Parents, who know no children's... | |
| 1795 - 432 pages
...THOMSON. Seasons: Winter* THEIR'S is yon house that holds the parish poor, . T Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There where the putrid vapours...play, - ;' And the dull wheel hums doleful through .(bet day : .; -ii There children dwell who know no parents care»it t Parents, who know no children's... | |
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