 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 - 1864 - 380 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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 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 tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1865 - 340 Seiten
...wealth. Burns says : — " 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 ! " We doubt if ever an honest, sober man, seeking... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 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... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1865 - 470 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, tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 192 Seiten
...countless thousands mourn ! See yonder poor o'er-laboured 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... | |
 | Pen and pencil pictures - 1866 - 176 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... | |
 | 1867 - 818 Seiten
...a man as he imagined : — "See yonder poor o'erlaboured wight, So nbject, 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 JThd helpless children... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 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, tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring... | |
 | 1869 - 514 Seiten
...countless thousands mourn I " 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... | |
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