Thomas Moss (minister) Quotes

Thomas Moss was minister of Brierley Hill, and of Trentham, in Staffordshire. In 1769, he anonymously published a collection of miscellaneous poems, forming a thin quarto, which he

had printed at Wolverhampton. One piece was copied by Robert Dodsley into his Annual Register, and from thence was transferred into almost every periodical and collection of fugitive verses of the day. This poem is entitled "The Beggar" , and contains much pathetic and natural sentiment finely expressed. Moss published another noted poem in 1783, titled The Imperfection of Human Enjoyment. Wikipedia

✵ 1740 – 1808

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Thomas Moss (minister) Quotes

“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.”

Thomas Moss (minister)

The Beggar, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“A pampered menial drove me from the door.”

Thomas Moss (minister)

The Beggar, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). This line originally began, "A liveried servant", and was altered as above by Goldsmith. Forster, Life of Goldsmith, vol. i. p. 215 (5th edition, 1871).