 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 mourn.  The Lady's Weekly Miscellany - Sivu 3511810Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 sivua
...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. ' If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, By Nature's law design'd. Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind? If not, why am... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 sivua
...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 mourn. IX. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, By Nature 's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1820 - 458 sivua
...Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. IX. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave — By Nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? If If not, why am I subject to His cruelty or scorn ? Or why has man the will and pow'r To make his fellow... | |
 | 1821 - 282 sivua
...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. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, By Nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 sivua
...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...helpless offspring mourn. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave — By nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 sivua
...and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellmo-wwm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. IX. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, — By nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 sivua
...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 mourn. If I'm design 'd yon lordling's slave — By nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - 1826 - 226 sivua
...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. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave— By nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1834 - 206 sivua
...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 mourn. IX. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slavej— By Nature's law design'd ; Why was an independent wish... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 sivua
...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 mourn. IX. If I'm design'd yon lordling'i «lare— By Nature'« law design'd, Why was an independent wish... | |
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