 | Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa - 1798 - 136 pages
...expected, were simple, and may be literally translated as follows : " The " winds roared and the rain fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and " sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk — no wife to grind his corn." — Chorus — " Let us pity the... | |
 | 1799 - 614 pages
...myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally...were these.—" The winds roared, and the rains fell. — The poor white man, faint and weary, came and s>at under our tree. — He has no mother to bring... | |
 | Books - 1799 - 618 pages
...myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally...these.— " The winds roared, and the rains fell. — The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. — He has no mother to bring... | |
 | Religion - 1800 - 76 pages
...of it, and the words, literally translated, were as follow. " The winds roared and the rains fell.. The poor white, man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man,,... | |
 | Mungo Park - Africa - 1799 - 524 pages
...and the words, literally translated, were these. — " The winds roared, and the rains fell. " — The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under " our tree. — He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to " grind his corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white... | |
 | Mungo Park - Africa - 1807 - 594 pages
...myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally...these. — " The winds roared, and " the rains fell. — The poor white man, faint " and weary, came and sat under our tree. — " he has no mother to bring... | |
 | Henry Smithers - Poetry, English - 1807 - 254 pages
...myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words literally...were these. " The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man faint and weary came and sat under our tree. He had no mother to bring him milk,... | |
 | William Wilberforce - Slave trade - 1807 - 412 pages
...subject of it; it was sung by one .of the young women, n die the rest joining rn a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally...translated, were these:—' The winds roared, and the rains fell—The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree—lie has no mother to bring... | |
 | Elijah Parish - Geography - 1810 - 410 pages
...she began lp spin ; they cheered the night with s'ii:p;. « The winds roared, and the rains fell ; the poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his com." Chorus. • T">; "graphical Dktioi.ni-v.... | |
 | 1813 - 594 pages
...myself the subject of it. It was sung hy one of the young women, the rest joined in a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally...were these : " The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk... | |
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The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn. 
