 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.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 4851867Full view - About this book
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...adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! See yonder poor, o'erlabor'd wigln, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the...spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless otfspring mourn. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave—- By Nature's law design'd, If not, why am... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 pages
...heaven-erected face The smiles of love adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn ! ' See yonder poor, o'erlaboured wight, So abject, mean,...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.... | |
 | William Howitt - 1856 - 596 pages
...love adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn. " See yonder poor o'erlabored wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother...earth To give him leave to toil . And see his lordly fellow worm The piwr petition spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn.... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 pages
...yonder peor, o'er-lebour'd wight, So abjeet, mean and v,le, Who begs a brother of the ev.rth To gtve him leave to toil; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn! Burns. BENEFITS. A benef,t upbraided, forfeits thanks. Lady Careie's Mariam. And 't is not sure so... | |
 | William Howitt - 1857 - 736 pages
...heaven-erected (ace The smiles of love adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn. " See yonder poor o'erlaboured wight, So abject, mean...The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wile And helpless offspring mourn. " If I'm designed yon lordllng's slave, By nature's law designed,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 pages
...love adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn ! See yonder poor o'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother...spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn." But we shall suppose that "brother of the earth" rotten, and forgotten by the " bold... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 454 pages
...love adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn ! See yonder poor o'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother...spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn." But we shall suppose that " brother of the earth " rotten. 'forgotten by the " bold... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 pages
...love adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn ! See yonder poor o'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother...spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn." But we shall suppose that "brother of the earth" rotten, and forgotten by the " bold... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn ! See yonder poor, o'erlabor'd wiglu, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the...spurn, Unmindful, though 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... | |
 | 1857 - 336 pages
...social inequality, but not strong enough to raise him above it to a magnanimous contentment : — " See yonder poor, o'erlaboured wight, So abject, mean,...a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil. "If I'm designed yon lordling's slave By nature's law designed, Why was an independent wish E'er planted... | |
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