A. M. Toplady. 1740-1778.
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee.
Salvation through Christ.
[433]
Thomas Moss. 1740-1808.
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.
The Beggar.
A pampered menial drove me from the door.[433:1]
The Beggar.
Footnotes
[433:1] This line stood originally, "A liveried servant," etc., and was altered as above by Goldsmith.—Forster: Life of Goldsmith, vol. i. p. 215 (fifth edition, 1871).