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 Water-mill: And Other Poems - Pagina 20door Daniel Craig McCallum - 1870 - 57 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Robert Burns - 1786 - 294 pagina’s
...inhumanity to Man Makes countlefs thoufands 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 fee his lordly fellow-worm, The poor petition fpurn, U 2 n 'waqragr OL If 1'ftu <<Jid%sfi8 ysaffi... | |
| 1787 - 588 pagina’s
...Makes couiitlf'fs thoufands mourn ! See yonder p'oo'fj o'erlabour'd- wight, So abject-mean, and vile, _ Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to tuii ; And fee his lordly fellow-worm. The poor petition fpurn, Unmmilfulj thd' a weeping wife. And... | |
| Robert Burns - 1794 - 300 pagina’s
...adorn, Man's inhumanity to Man Makes countlefs thoufands mourn ! VIII. See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight-, So abjeft, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil; And fee his lordly fellow-worm The poor Petition fpurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife i' And helplefs... | |
| Robert Burns - 1798 - 308 pagina’s
...inhumanity to Man Makes countlefs thoufands mourn ! VIII. • See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, So abjed, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And fee his lordly feUoia-voorm The poor Petition fpurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And helplefs... | |
| Robert Burns - 1800 - 300 pagina’s
...inhumanity to Man Makes countlefs thoufands mourn ! VIII. See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, So abjed, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And fee his lordly fellow-worm The poor Petition fpurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife, And helplefs... | |
| Robert Burns - 1804 - 242 pagina’s
...mourn ! * • -i. •• til* -.i! i:1. See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wigUt, t .-., 1 ^ So abjefl, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toill And fee his lordly fellma--wona , The poor Petition fpurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And... | |
| Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pagina’s
...inhumanity to 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 to toil; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn. Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless... | |
| Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pagina’s
...inhumanity to man Makes 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 fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife, And helpless... | |
| 1814 - 310 pagina’s
...inhumanity to man, 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... | |
| 1817 - 314 pagina’s
...inhumanity to 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 to toil; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless... | |
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