 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 offspring mourn.  The Scots Magazine - Seite 2921787Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - 1826 - 226 Seiten
...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 offspring... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1826 - 272 Seiten
...countless thousands mourn. VItt. 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, tho' a weeping wife And helpless ofispring... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 Seiten
...countless thousands mourn ! vra " 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 offepring... | |
 | 1831 - 426 Seiten
...counties thousands mournl " 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 Jellurv-morm The poor petition ьригп, Unmindful, tho1 a weeping wife And helpless... | |
 | 1834 - 550 Seiten
...whole. It is indeed a hard case when by misgovcrnment, and mismanagement one fellow being is obliged to "Beg a brother of the earth, "To give him leave to toil!" and yet his petition is rejected. It is for this reason we could wish to see the petitioners on a more... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 370 Seiten
...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 offspring... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 Seiten
...countless thousands mourn'. See yonder p&6r', o'erlaboured 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 - 1834 - 206 Seiten
...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 offspring... | |
 | J H Hedley - 1836 - 352 Seiten
...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 offspring... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 Seiten
...countless thouunda mourn ! vnt 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... | |
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