Not that I have the power to clutch my hand
When his fair angels would salute by palm,
But for my hand, as unattempted yet,
Like a poor beggar, raileth on the rich.
Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail
And say there is no sin but to be rich;
And being rich, my virtue then shall be
To say there is no vice but beggary.
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A pampered menial drove me from the door.
A pampered menial drove me from the door.
Homer himself must beg if he want means, and as by report
sometimes he did "go from door to read more
Homer himself must beg if he want means, and as by report
sometimes he did "go from door to door and sing ballads, with a
company of boys about him."
Set a beggar on horse backe, they saie, and hee will neuer
alight.
Set a beggar on horse backe, they saie, and hee will neuer
alight.
He who begs timidly courts a refusal.
[Lat., Qui timide rogat,
Docet negare.]
He who begs timidly courts a refusal.
[Lat., Qui timide rogat,
Docet negare.]
The real beggar is indeed the true and only king.
[Ger., Der wahre Bettler ist
Doch einzig read more
The real beggar is indeed the true and only king.
[Ger., Der wahre Bettler ist
Doch einzig und allein der wahre Konig.]
Beggars must be no choosers.
Beggars must be no choosers.
A beggar through the world am I,
From place to place I wander by.
Fill up my read more
A beggar through the world am I,
From place to place I wander by.
Fill up my pilgrim's scrip for me,
For Christ's sweet sake and charity.
To get thine ends, lay bashfulnesse aside;
Who fears to aske, doth teach to be deny'd.
To get thine ends, lay bashfulnesse aside;
Who fears to aske, doth teach to be deny'd.
Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and
sure, dear friends, my read more
Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and
sure, dear friends, my thanks are too dear a halfpenny.
