 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
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1831 - 338 pages
...bitterly, nor more loftily expressed, than in some of those stanzas. "See yonder poor, o'erlabor'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To givc him leave to toil. If I'm dcsijrn'd yon lordling^'s slave — By Nature's laws dcsign'd — Why... | |
 | Martin Doyle - 1831 - 192 pages
...decency demand. All the poor man asks is, humane attention to his condition, and leave to work ; " He begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil." I trust there is yet too much good feeling amongst the generality of landlords, to submit to the imputation... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...smiles of love adorn' — Man's inhumanity to man', Makes countless thousands mourn'. See yonder p&6r', o'erlaboured wight', So abject', mean', and vile',...him leave to toil'; And see his lordly fellow-worm' The poor petition SPURN', Unmindful', though a weeping wife', And helpless offspring mourn'. If I'm... | |
 | John Minter Morgan - 1834 - 460 pages
...will permit, we will proceed on our journey. VOL. II. CHAPTER VIII. " 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." — BURNS.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1834 - 206 pages
...adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn. VIII. 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. IX. If I'm design'd... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 370 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 mouru. If I'm design'd... | |
 | 1834 - 550 pages
...is indeed a hard case when by misgovcrnment, and mismanagement one fellow being is obliged to "Beg a brother of the earth, "To give him leave to toil!" and yet his petition is rejected. It is for this reason we could wish to see the petitioners on a more... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1835 - 440 pages
...thousands mourn . VIIL See yonder poor, o'erlahour'd wight, So ahject, mean, and vile, Who hegs a hrother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fettoto-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful tho' a weeping wife AnJ helpless offspring mourn. IX.... | |
 | J H Hedley - 1836 - 352 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. If I'm to be... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 pages
...bitterly, nor more loftily expressed, than in some of those •tencas :— " See yonder poor o'erlabour'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, tho* a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. If... | |
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