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 - 1876 - 540 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... | |
| Peter Freeland Aiken - 1876 - 468 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... | |
| T W M - 1876 - 264 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 offspring... | |
| James Grant Wilson - 1876 - 604 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... | |
| Joseph Parker - 1887 - 378 Seiten
...who has not one foot of soil to be passing over acres to which he can lay no claim, and to be begging a brother of the earth to " give him leave to toil," and for that brother to dismiss his petition with a sneer. It is at this point that our quality is tested.... | |
| William A. Campbell - 1890 - 514 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... | |
| Charles Rogers - 1890 - 412 Seiten
...industry had no cause for shame. 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 Burns dearly loved... | |
| George Claude Lorimer - 1890 - 80 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... | |
| George W. France - 1890 - 630 Seiten
...countless thousands mourn ! See yonder poor, o'er-labor'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 off-springs... | |
| Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1890 - 516 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... | |
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