 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 mourn.  Poems - Page 196by Robert Burns - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Old age in literature - 1861 - 144 pages
...And helpless offspring mourn. " If I'm designed yon lordling's slave — By Nature's law designed — "Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind...His cruelty or scorn ? Or why has man the will and power To make his fellow mourn ? " Yet let not this too much, my son, Disturb thy youthful breast ;... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 pages
...And helpless offspring mourn. If I'm designed yon lordling's slave — By Nature's law designed — Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind?...His cruelty or scorn ? Or why has Man the will and power To make his fellow mourn ? Yet, let not this too much, my son, Disturb thy youthful breast :... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 368 pages
...And helpless offspring mourn. " If I'm designed yon lordling's slave — By Nature's law designed — Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind?...His cruelty or 'scorn? Or why has man the will and power To make his fellow mourn ? " Yet let not this too much, my son, Disturb thy youthful breast ;... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 358 pages
...And helpless offspring mourn. " If I'm designed yon lordling's slave — By Nature's law designed — Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind...His cruelty or scorn ? Or why has man the will and power To make his fellow mourn ? " Yet let not this too much, my son, Disturb thy youthful breast ;... | |
 | William A. Thomson - Credit - 1863 - 56 pages
..."lordling" to which he alluded. "If I'm designed yon lordling's slaye — By nature's law designed, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind...His cruelty or scorn ? Or why has man the will and POWER To make his fellows mourn." For every purpose of man's life there is a natural law. Man's conditions... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...tho' a 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...has man the will and pow'r To make his fellow mourn ? Yet let not this too much, my son, Disturb thy youthful breast : This partial view of human-kind... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1864 - 380 pages
...If I 'm designed yon lordling's slave — By Nature's law designed — Why was an independent wist E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why am I subject...His cruelty or scorn ? Or why has man the will and power To make his fellow mourn ? " Yet let not this too much, my son, Disturb thy youthful breast ;... | |
 | 1864 - 670 pages
...indignation. "If I'm designed yon lordling's slave — By Nature's law designed ; Why was an indepecdent wish E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why am I subject to Bis cruelty and scorn ? Or why has man the will and pow'r To make his fellow mourn ?" There is no man... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1865 - 470 pages
...tho' a 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...has man the will and pow'r To make his fellow mourn ? Yet, let not this too much, my son, Disturb thy youthful breast ; This partial view of human-kind... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...yon lordling's slaveBy Nature's law design d, Why was an independent wish E er planted in my mind 1 If not, why am I subject to His cruelty or scorn ? Or why has man the will and power To make his fellow mourn? Yet, let not this too much, my son. Disturb thy youthful breast : This... | |
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