 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
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...INDIANAPOLIS, IND., DECEMBER, 1895. No. io. 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 mouni? Crimes Against Judges. The following bill will be presented by the... | |
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...toil — those who bear the burdens of the world. " 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 ? " Against the political injustice of his time — against the artificial distinctions among men by... | |
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