O Death ! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest and the best ! Welcome the hour my aged limbs Are laid with thee at rest ! The great, the wealthy, fear thy blow, From pomp and pleasure torn ; But, Oh ! a blest relief to those That weary-laden mourn... The poetical works of Robert Burns - Page 160by Robert Burns - 1814 - 604 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...not been some recompense To comfort those that mourn ! '. O Death ! the poor man's dearest friend I The kindest and the best ! Welcome the hour my aged...oh ! a blest relief to those That weary-laden mourn !'" DESPONDENCY.— AN ODE. OPPRESS'D with grief, oppress'd with care, A burden more than I can bear,... | |
| 1845 - 888 pages
...man's dearest friend, The kindest ttnd the best, Welcome tlic hour my aged limbs Arc laid with tlicc at rest! The great, the wealthy, fear thy blow, From pomp and pleasure torn ; But oli! u blest relief to those Thatweary-Iudcu mourn!' The time will come when the wrongs of the masses... | |
| 1845 - 440 pages
...О Death ! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest and the hest ! Weleome the hour my aged limhs Are laid with thee at rest The great, the wealthy, fear thy hlow, From pomp and pleasure torn ; But Oh ! a hlest relief to tirase That, weary-laden, mourn ! A... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...man Had never, sure, been born, Had there not been some recompense To comfort those that mourn ! " O Death ! the poor man's dearest friend, — The kindest...fear thy blow, From pomp and pleasure torn ! But, O, a blest relief to those That weary-laden mourn ! " THE MARIGOLD. — George Wither. WHEN with a... | |
| Parlour novelist - 1846 - 412 pages
...conductor to a miserable little dwelling, at the upper extremity of Elmstreet. CHAPTER XXIII. "0 Death! — The great, the wealthy, fear thy blow, From pomp and pleasure torn ; But oh ! a bless'd relief to those, That weary-laden mourn." — Bunxs. GERTRUDE'S conductor bad hurried on in... | |
| John Lawrence - 1847 - 270 pages
...aged 68 years. On the stone erected in memory of Joseph Lawrence, Esq., are these lines : " 0 death the kindest and the best, Welcome the hour my aged...! a blest relief to those That weary-laden mourn." (us) Family No. 32. JONATHAN,5 m. Dec. 13, 1757, Elisabeth Johnson, of Woburn, and had, JONATHAN,6... | |
| John Lawrence - 1847 - 76 pages
...aged 68 years. On the stone erected in memory of Joseph Lawrence, Esq., are these lines : " 0* death the kindest and the best, Welcome the hour my aged...! a blest relief to those That weary-laden mourn." (iw) Family No. 32. JONATHAN? m, Dec. 13, 1757, Elisabeth Johnson, of Woburn, and had, (232)1 JONATHAN,8... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - 1847 - 704 pages
...not been some recompense To comfort those that mourn ! ' 0 Death ! the poor man's dearest friend I The kindest and the best ! Welcome the hour my aged...wealthy, fear thy blow, From pomp and pleasure torn j But, oh ! a blest relief to those That weary-laden mourn I'11 DESPONDENCY.— AN ODE. OFPRESS'D with... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1850 - 764 pages
...man, Had never, sure, been born, Had there not been some recompense To comfort those that mourn ! "0 death! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest...wealthy, fear thy blow, From pomp and pleasure torn; But 0 ! a bless'd relief to those That weary-laden mourn!" THE FIRST PSALM. A PRAYER IN THE PROSPECT OF... | |
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