 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.  Chambers' Edinburgh Journal - Page 2521848Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...love adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! « See yonder poor e'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother...earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly feHow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn.... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pages
...adorn, Man's inhumanity to man, Makes countless thousands mourn ! VIII. See yonder poor, o'erlabor'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother...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.... | |
 | 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 offspring mourn. BURNS. INSTEAD... | |
 | 1867 - 816 pages
...Clothing this thought with immortal verse, he drew the picture of such a man as he imagined : — " See yonder poor o'erlaboured wight, So abject, mean,...him leave to toil. And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful though a weeping wife And helpless children mourn." Though not intended... | |
 | 1817 - 314 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...him leave to toil; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. By Nature's... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 580 pages
...of a man of war, who serves his king and country abroad. CHAPTER XVII. See yonder poor o'er-labour'd wight. So abject, mean, and vile. Who begs a brother...earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellow worm The poor petition scorn, Unmindful, tho* a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. Buuf>.... | |
 | John Moore - 1820 - 578 pages
...of a man of war, who serves his king and country abroad. CHAPTER XVII. See yonder poor o'er-labour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give liim leave to toil ; / And see his lordly fellow worm The poor petition scorn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping... | |
 | 1821 - 270 pages
...love adorn, Man's inhumanity to Man Makes countless thousands mourn. See yonder poor o'erlabour'cl wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a Brother...him leave to toil; And see his Lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife, And helple ss offspring mourn. If I'm design'd... | |
 | 1821 - 282 pages
...of 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 of the Eaith To give him leave to toil; And see his Lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 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...him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. If I'm design'd... | |
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