http://wordie.org/words/penury Comments for the word 'Penury' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/penury#comments <br /><i>Man's feeble race what ills await! <br />Labour, and <a href="/words/Penury">Penury</a>, the racks of Pain,<br />Disease, and Sorrow's weeping train,<br />And Death, sad refuge from the storms of fate!<br />The fond complaint, my song, disprove,<br />And justify the laws of Jove.<br />Say, has he given in vain the heavenly Muse?</i><br />- T. Gray, 'The Progress of Poesy'. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:25:55 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/penury#comments