| John Mapletoft - Proverbs - 1707 - 308 pages
...the Moor, which ' fupports the Sun Dial in Clements-Inn. IN vain, poor fable Son of Woe, Thou feek'ft the tender Tear ; From thee in vain with Pangs they...flow, For Mercy dwells not here. From Cannibals thou fled "(1 in vain ; Lawyers Icfs Quarter give ; The firil won't eat you till you're (Iain, The lall... | |
| English wit and humor - 1794 - 428 pages
...THE MOOR WHICH SUPPORTS THI SUN-DIAL IN CLEMENTS-INN. IN vain, poor fable fon of woe, Thou feek'ft the tender tear; From thee, in vain, with pangs they...flow, For mercy dwells not here. From cannibals thou fled'ft in vain ; Lawyers lefs quarter give ; The firft won't eat you till you're flain, The laft will... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...in Clement' s- Inn. TN vain, poor fable fon of woe, •*• Thou feek'ft the tender tear; From ihee in vain with pangs they flow, For mercy dwells not here. From cannibals thou fltd'ft in vain ; Lawyers lefs quarter give ; The firlt won't eat you till you 're (lain, The hft will... | |
| William Herbert - Inns of Chancery - 1804 - 454 pages
...unlucky wag, and given in the " Elegant Extracts," have too much merit to be omitted in this place: " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...cannibals thou fled'st in vain ; Lawyers less quarter give ; Thejirrf won't eat you till you 're slain, The last will do 't alive." " Here about this church,... | |
| Epigrams, English - 1806 - 274 pages
...15 XXXI. VERSES STUCK ON THE STATUE OF A MOOR, SUPPORTING A SUN-DIAL, IN ONE OF THE INNS OF COUET. In vain; poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...you till you're slain — The last will do't alive. XXXII. THE ATHEIST CORRECTED. Indeed Mr. ***** it seems very odd, Whilst your eyes view his works,... | |
| David Hughson - London (England) - 1807 - 696 pages
...t«o much merit to be omitted: " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou scek'tt the tender tear; For thee in vain with pangs they flow, For Mercy dwells not here. From Canibah ihou flcd'st in vain 5 . % Lawyers less quarter give; The_/frtf won't «at you till you're... | |
| Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...Chronicle. EPIGRAM, Stuck upon the statue if the Moor which supports tie Sun-dial in Clement's Inn. JlN vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...eat you till you're slain, The last will do't alive. Ibid. ON LELIA. O HAD I Titian's skill, to trace A picture without fault or flaw, A perfect form, a... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1815 - 918 pages
...ClerkenPART III. CONTIN. M well, " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seeks tlie tender tear ; For thee in vain with pangs they flow, For Mercy dwells not here. From Canibals thou fleds't in vain ; Lawyers less quarter give; The/rst wont cat you till you're tlain,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...fool and for Found stuck on the S/a/ue of the Moor which supports the Snn-Dialin Clement' s-hn. 'x vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...vain with pangs they flow, For mercy dwells not here. "rom cannibals thou fledd'st in vain, Lawyers less quarter give ; The first won't eat you till you're... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1816 - 924 pages
...ClerkenPART III. CONTIN. M well. " In vain, poor snblc son of woe, Thou joeks ilie tender tear; For thce in vain with pangs they flow, For Mercy dwells not here. From Canibals thou rleds't in vain ; Lawyers less quarter give ; The/nl wont eat you till you'ie slain,... | |
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