Careful Words

beggar (n.)

beggar (v.)

Young Adam Cupid, he that shot so trim,

When King Cophetua loved the beggar maid!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 1.

  Set a beggar on horseback and he will ride a gallop.

Robert Burton (1576-1640): Anatomy of Melancholy. Part ii. Sect. 2, Memb. 2.

  Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2.

Silence in love bewrays more woe

Than words, though ne'er so witty:

A beggar that is dumb, you know,

May challenge double pity.

Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618): The Silent Lover.