 | 1813 - 594 pages
...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...has no mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind him corn. C/toriw. Let us pity the white man : no mother has he to bring him milk ; no wife to grind... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 434 pages
...rest joining in a sort of chorus : the words, literally translated, are these : " The winds roared, " and the rains fell ; the poor white man, faint and...under our tree. He has no mother to " bring him milk ; go wife to grind his corn." Chorus. " Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he." BAMBOO, a. kind... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1814 - 234 pages
...roared, and the rains fell.—The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our trce.—He has no mother to bring him milk ; no •wife to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white naan : no mother has he to brink him milk ; no wife to grind his corn,"*... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1815 - 596 pages
...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...mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he, &c. &c." Trifling as this recital may appear... | |
 | Mungo Park - Africa - 1816 - 576 pages
...air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated were these. — " The winds roared, and " the rains fell.— The poor white man, faint...mother to bring him milk; no " wife to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us " pity the white man ; no mother has he, '« &c. &c."— Trifling as this recital may... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1816 - 236 pages
...and the words, literally translated, were these. 13. "' The winds roared and the rains fell.—The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under...mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn. Chants. Let us pity the white man : no mother has he to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.'*... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 432 pages
...translated, are these : — " The winds roared, " and therains fell ; the poor white man, faintand 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 ; no mother has he." BAMBOO, a kind of reed, that grows to the... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 762 pages
...called Sfgo Soo Korro, and Sego See Jiorro, They are all farrounded with high mud. weary, came and fat under our tree. — He has no mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind hii corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he," &c. &c. « Trifling (feys Mr Park]«... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1816 - 520 pages
...four horses, and several people " 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 ; no " mother has he, &c. &c."—Trifling as this recital may appear... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Africa, West - 1817 - 126 pages
...the words literally translated were these : " The winds roared and the rains Tell : The poor nkite man, faint and weary, Came and sat under our tree....mother to bring him milk ; No wife to grind his corn. CHORUS. Let us pity the while man ; No mother has he to bring him milk, No wife to grind his corn."... | |
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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. 
