 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
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 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. Yet let not this too much, my son, Disturb thy youthful breast; This partial view of human kind Is... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pagina’s
...brooks to prattle at my feet ? Dr. Woleot's Peter Pindar. 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 ? Burns't Poems. Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its List fetters off; and who shall... | |
 | William John Grayson - 1855 - 122 pagina’s
...and vile, Who befrs 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. BURNS. WHERE Hireling millions toil, in doubt and fear, For food and clothing, all the weary year;... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 538 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pagina’s
...give him leave to toil : And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And 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 nlnntcd i" tnv mind1 If no Hi:... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pagina’s
...Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. If I'm designed yon lordling's slaveBy 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 power To make his... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1859 - 530 pagina’s
...and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil I And see his lordly feliow-wonn The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. IX. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, By Nature's law design'd; Why was an independent wish E'er... | |
 | James Ballantine - 1859 - 630 pagina’s
...the over-strained heart, with a powerful emphasis : — " If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave — Uy nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? II' not, why am I subject to His cruelty and scorn ? Or why has man the will and power To make his... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pagina’s
...To give him leave to toil: And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And 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... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 pagina’s
...Unmindful though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. If I'm design 'd yon lordling's slaveBy Nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mindl If not, why am I subject to His cruelty or scorn! Or why has man the will and pow'r To makv 'lis... | |
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