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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I see, sir, you are liberal in offers.
You taught me first to beg, and now methinks
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I see, sir, you are liberal in offers.
You taught me first to beg, and now methinks
You teach me how a beggar should be answered.
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.
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."
It needs not nor it boots thee not, proud queen,
Unless the adage must be verified,
That read more
It needs not nor it boots thee not, proud queen,
Unless the adage must be verified,
That beggars mounted run their horse to death.
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.
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.]
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
[Fr., Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterre.]
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
[Fr., Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterre.]
I'd just as soon a beggar as king,
And the reason I'll tell you for why;
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I'd just as soon a beggar as king,
And the reason I'll tell you for why;
A king cannot swagger, not drink like a beggar,
Nor be half so happy as I.
. . . .
Let the back and side go bare.
