 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
 | 1915 - 368 pages
...And helpless offspring mourn. "If I'm designed you 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?" — ROBEBT BUBNS, "M an Was Made to Mourn" Therefore I command thee,... | |
 | Burns Club of St. Louis - Poets, Scottish - 1918 - 100 pages
...independent wish E'er planted in my mind?" That is the theory, but a contradictory reality confronts it. "If not, why am I subject to His cruelty or scorn? Or why has man the will and power To make his fellow mourn?" But the old Kirk had not taught him in vain. "The poor, oppressed,... | |
 | Byron Akbar Roloson - Prohibition - 1918 - 78 pages
...of grape juice, caring little for its quality. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave — By Nature's law design'd — Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind? — Robert Burns. CHAPTER IX PROHIBITION NOT THE ULTIMATE OBJECT The National Prohibition Party was... | |
 | Hans Hecht - 1919 - 326 pages
...und einschneidender wurde seine Fragestellung: If I'm design'd you lordling's slave — By Nature's law design'd — Why was an independent wish E'er...has Man the will and pow'r To make his fellow mourn? heißt es, neben vielen ähnlichen Gedanken, die der Band enthält, in einem Gedichte der Kilmarnock-... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1920 - 390 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John R. Raynes - Railroads - 1921 - 372 pages
...Nature's law designed, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? THE FIRST RULE BOOK 33 If not, why am I subject to His cruelty or scorn ? Or why has man the will and power To make his fellow mourn ? " The first rule-book of the " Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers... | |
 | Ethel Snowden - Labor - 1922 - 280 pages
...Locomotive Engineers and Firemen ' If I'm yon haughty 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 ? ' THIS stanza from the dirge of Burns's Man was made to Mourn, which... | |
 | Andrew Herbert Dakers - Poets, Scottish - 1923 - 254 pages
...as that stated in Man was Made to Mourn : 1 80 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 ? < In this hesitant fashion did the man who was to be the exemplar of the humane creed he championed,... | |
 | 1903 - 602 pages
...wife And helpless offspring mourn. " 'If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave By nature's law designed, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why am I subject to His cruelty and scorn, Or why has man the will and power To make his fellow mourn?' "The effect of such poetry... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 408 pages
...And helpless offspring mourn. " If I 'm designed yon lordliug's slave, By Nature's law designed, — Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why am 1 subject to His cruelty or scorn 1 Or why has man the will and power To make his fellow mouru ? "... | |
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