| English literature - 1787 - 690 pages
...counüefs thouundt mourn ! Sec yonder poor, o'er-labour'd wight, So abjcd, mean, and vile, Who beg< a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And fee his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition fpurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helplefs offspring... | |
| Robert Burns - Scotland - 1786 - 248 pages
...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-- The poor petition fpurn, VII. Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife, And helplefs... | |
| 1787 - 588 pages
...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... | |
| John Moore - England - 1796 - 534 pages
...country abroad. CHAP. XVII. See yonder poor o'er,labour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, , Who begj a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And fee hit lordly fellow worm The poor petition fcorn, Unmindful, tho* a weeping wife And helplefs offspring... | |
| Robert Burns - 1798 - 308 pages
...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 offspring... | |
| Robert Burns - Scotland - 1800 - 300 pages
...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 offspring... | |
| Robert Burns - 1804 - 242 pages
...-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 - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...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...weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. ' If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, By Nature's law design'd. Why was an independent wish E'er planted in... | |
| Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...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...lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife, And helpless offspring mourn. IX. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, By Nature... | |
| Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...Makes countless thousands mourn! « See yonder poor e'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 feHow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn.... | |
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