 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, James Currie - 1859 - 284 Seiten
...countless thousands mourn ! " 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... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 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... | |
 | H. O. R. - 1860 - 120 Seiten
...own heart sorrows : • " See yonder poor, o'er-labored 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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1861 - 236 Seiten
...countless thousands mourn ' " See yonder poor, o'er-laborM 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 oflspring... | |
 | 1861 - 144 Seiten
...countless thousands mourn. " See yonder poor, o'erlabored 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... | |
 | Household song - 1861 - 72 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... | |
 | Janet Hamilton - 1863 - 312 Seiten
...write for, nay, who spend and are spent for the cause of " Yonder poor o'er-laboured wights, So abject, mean, and vile, Who beg a brother of the earth To give them leave to toil ? " Yes, to those large-hearted men who are striving to heal the sores of the beggar... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 Seiten
...countless thousands mourn ! See yonder poor, 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 offspring... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 368 Seiten
...countless thousands mourn ! '' See yonder poor, o'erhiboured 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 - 1863 - 358 Seiten
...countless thousands mourn ! i4 See yonder poor, overlaboured 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... | |
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