...Inner Temple. Not everyone may know the verses which some wag composed upon it. They are these — " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...you till you're slain, The last will do't alive." 185 On one of those bright days which, though country folk may smile incredulously, we do get in London,...

...Inn. The oft-quoted epigram, which was one day found attached to this Blackamoor, is feeble enough: ' In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...you till you're slain, The last will do't alive.' Occasionally as I pass these many sundials, shrouded in the yellow haze of London fog, or scarce visible...

...and was at one time painted black, when a wag --tuck on it the following lines : — In vain, i>oor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender tear : From...flow, For mercy dwells not here. From cannibals thou fledd'st in vain : Lawyers less quarter give ; The first won't eat you till you're slain, The last...

...through Bill and Answer run, Obtain'd his cause and costs, and was undone. From cannibals thou fly'st in vain ; Lawyers less quarter give : The first won't eat you till you're slain, The last will do 't alive. Herald. THE HUMANE SWEARER; OR, LIFE AT BOW-STREET. As that benign and merciful MP Whom...

...sun dial, presented to the society by Lord Holles, occasioned the following sarcastic effusion : ' In vain poor sable son of woe Thou seek'st the tender tear ; For thee io vain with pangs they flow, For Mercy dwells not here. From Cannibals thou flcdst in vain,...