 | 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 - 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 offspring... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1798 - 308 pages
...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 - 1800 - 300 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 fellow-worm The poor Petition fpurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife, And helplefs offspring... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | John Moore - 1816 - 272 pages
...country abroad." CHAPTER XVIL Sec yonder poor o'er.labour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, \Vtio hesrs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellow.worm , The poor petition scorn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless... | |
 | 1867 - 816 pages
...man as he imagined : — " See yonder poor o'erlaboured 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 children... | |
 | 1817 - 314 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
