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. Poems - Page 196by Robert Burns - 1811Full view - About this book
| English literature - 1787 - 690 pages
...was an independent wiih E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why am I fubjeil to His cruelty, or fcorn ? Or why has Man the will and pow'r To make his fellow mourn ? Yet let not this too much, my fon, Diflurb thy youthful bteaft : This partial view of human kind... | |
| Robert Burns - Scottish poetry - 1797 - 304 pages
...an independent wifli E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why am I fubjedt to His cruelty, or fcorn ? Or why has Man the will and pow'r To make his fellow mourn ? Yet, let not this too much, my Son, Difturb thy youthful breaft : This partial view of human-kind... | |
| 1810 - 420 pages
...tho* a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slav«, By Nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted...His cruelty, or scorn ? Or why has Man the will and paw'r To make his fellow mourn ? Yet, let not this too much, my Son, Disturb thy youthful breast :... | |
| Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...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...has man the will and pow'r To make his fellow mourn? ' Yet, let not this too much, my son, Disturb thy youthful breast: This partial view of human-kind... | |
| Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. • If I'm design'd yon lordling*s slave,, By Nature's laws design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted...? If not, why am I subject to His cruelty or scorn 1 Or why has man the will and pow'r To make his fellow mourn ? •Yet, let not this too much, my son,... | |
| English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...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...His cruelty, or scorn ? Or why has man the will and power To make his fellow mourn ? X. Yet, let not this too much, my son, Disturb thy youthful breast... | |
| Robert Burns - Scotland - 1815 - 364 pages
...a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. IX. If I'm design'd yon lordting's slave, By Nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why am I subjeet to His eruelty or seorn ? Or why has man the will and pow'r To make his fellow mourn? X. Yet,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 pages
...— By Nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish Ere planted in my mind ? If not, why ana I subject to His cruelty or scorn ? •Or why has man the will and powV To make his fellow mourn ? H2 X. Yet, let not this too much, my son, Disturb thy youthful breast... | |
| English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...mourn. By Nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish. ' If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why am I subject...has man the will and pow'r To make his fellow mourn ? Disturb thy youthful breast: This partial view of human kind ' Yet, let not this too much, my son,... | |
| Jesse Torrey - Africa, West - 1817 - 126 pages
...exquisite taste, if they could reach it, " If I'm design'dyon lordling's slave, By nature's law desigu'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind?...to His cruelty or scorn? Or, why has man the will or power, To make his fellow mourn ? sufficient space to extend themselves upon the floor to sleep.*... | |
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