 See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn.  The Lady's Weekly Miscellany - Pagina 3511810Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 360 pagina’s
...Burns, who was a man with a great soul, says : " If I'm designed yon lordling's jlare , By natures law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind 1 If not, why am I subject to, His cruelly er scorn; Or why has man Ihc will and pow'r, To make his... | |
 | Thomas Branagan, Julius Rubens Ames - 1839 - 404 pagina’s
...adorn, Man's inhumanity to man, Makes countless thousands mourn ! If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, By nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind 1 If not, why am I subject to His cruelty, or scorn ? Or why has man the will and pow'r To make his... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 368 pagina’s
...and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping...helpless offspring mourn. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave — By Nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 236 pagina’s
...and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn." But we shall suppose that " brother of the earth " rotten, and forgotten by the " bold peasantry, their... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 pagina’s
...sink into oblivion", and to lose his consciousness foreverv? If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave', By nature's law design'd', Why was an independent wish' E'er planted in my minds? If not, why am I subject to His crue'lty\ or scornv? Or, why hath man the will', and power"... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1849 - 906 pagina’s
...and vile, Who begs л brother of the earth To give him leave to toil. And see his lordly fellow worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping...helpless offspring mourn. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave — By Nature's laws dcsign'u — Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? If not,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 pagina’s
...tendency of Man is made to mourn, especially the half stanza, — " If I 'ra dcsign'd yon lordlmg's slave, By nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ?" The glorious, A Man 'ia Man for a? that ; Brace's Address ; and one or two local ballads, comprise... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pagina’s
...and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ! And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. If Fm design'd yon lordling's slave, By Nature's law design'd; Why was an independent wish E'er planted... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pagina’s
...and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil; And see hjs lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn." But we shall suppose that " brother of the earth " rotten, and forgotten by the " bold peasantry, their... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pagina’s
...and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And see hjs lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn." But we shall suppose that " brother of the earth " rotten, and forgotten by the " bold peasantry, their... | |
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