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 - 1786 - 294 Seiten
...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 ;...fee his lordly fellow-worm, The poor petition fpurn, U 2 n 'waqragr OL If 1'ftu <<Jid%sfi8 ysaffi ator*71* Haw was. auj» K'er pJanted in my mied ? Jf «c>t,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1786 - 248 Seiten
...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 offspring mourn.... | |
| 1787 - 546 Seiten
...inhumanity to M.-m Makes countlefs thoufands mourn. " See yonder poor, o'er-laboui'd wight» b'o abjc-dl, mean, and vile, Who beg< a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil 5 And f« his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition fpurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helplefs... | |
| Robert Burns - 1794 - 300 Seiten
...countlefs thoufands mourn ! VIII. See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight-, So abjeft, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil;...lordly fellow-worm The poor Petition fpurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife i' And helplefs offspring mourn. . IX. If I'm defign'd yon lordling's flave, By... | |
| John Moore - 1796 - 534 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 mourn.... | |
| Robert Burns - 1800 - 300 Seiten
...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 ;...lordly fellow-worm The poor Petition fpurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife, And helplefs offspring mourn, IX. If I'm defign'd yon lordling's flave, By Nature's... | |
| Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 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, though a weeping wife And helpless offspring... | |
| Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 Seiten
...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 to toil ; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife, And helpless offspring... | |
| 1814 - 310 Seiten
...countless thousands mourn ! VIII. 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... | |
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