The poor lad was blue with cold, unable to stand up or to speak.
Leave the poor lad to his grief for a while.
This poor lad had never known who his parents were.
Bet the poor lad didn't even know it was there.
She wrote not to you, but to a poor, common, ordinary lad, who might have had more sense than show it.
To give the poor lad his due, he's only one of many who've done the same.
The poor lad had a wife, to be sure, but she was half the problem.
"Certainly I've got more going for me than your poor lads."
Take the poor lad who's down there now, he's a good example.
It's about the only benefit he does get from his position, poor lad.