| 1814 - 310 páginas
...Makes countless thousands mourn ! VIII. See yonder poor, o'erlabor'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, though a weeping wife , And helpless offspring mourn.... | |
| Robert Burns - 1815 - 364 páginas
...wife And helpless offspring mourn. IX. If I'm design'd yon lordting's slave, By Nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why am I subjeet to His eruelty or seorn ? Or why has man the will and pow'r To make his fellow mourn? X. Yet,... | |
| John Moore - 1816 - 272 páginas
...country abroad." CHAPTER XVIL Sec yonder poor o'er.labour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, \Vtio hesrs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ;...And see his lordly fellow.worm , The poor petition scorn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. BURNS. INSTEAD of taking any... | |
| 1817 - 314 páginas
...Makes countless thousands mourn ! ' See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight. So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave...though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. By Nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish. ' If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, E'er... | |
| 1867 - 816 páginas
...of such a man as he imagined : — " See yonder poor o'erlaboured wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave...spurn, Unmindful though a weeping wife And helpless children mourn." Though not intended to apply to Trades-unions, but possibly to some individual, real... | |
| John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 580 páginas
...king and country abroad. CHAPTER XVII. See yonder poor o'er-labour'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 scorn, Unmindful, tho* a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. Buuf>.... | |
| 1821 - 270 páginas
...Man Makes countless thousands mourn. See yonder poor o'erlabour'cl wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a Brother of the Earth To give him leave...petition spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife, And helple ss offspring mourn. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, By Nature's law design'd, | Why was... | |
| 1821 - 282 páginas
...mourn. See yonder poor o'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a Brother of the Eaith To give him leave to toil; And see his Lordly fellow-worm...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... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 274 páginas
...man Makes countless thousands mourn ! See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave...lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave — By nature's... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 páginas
...countless thousands mourn '. VIII. 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 fellmo-wwm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. IX.... | |
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