 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
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...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... | |
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...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... | |
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...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,... | |
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...— 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... | |
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...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,... | |
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...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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