 | Robert Burns - 1786 - 294 pages
...countlefs thoufands mourn ! VIII. 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 fee his lordly fellow-worm, The poor petition fpurn, U 2 n 'waqragr OL If 1'ftu <<Jid%sfi8 ysaffi ator*71*... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1798 - 308 pages
...countlefs thoufands mourn ! VIII. • See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, So abjed, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And fee his lordly feUoia-voorm The poor Petition fpurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And helplefs offspring... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1800 - 300 pages
...countlefs thoufands mourn ! VIII. See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, So abjed, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And fee his lordly fellow-worm The poor Petition fpurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife, And helplefs offspring... | |
 | 1810 - 420 pages
...and vile, Who begs a brother of ths earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellota^sarm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho* a weeping...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 in my mind ? If not, why... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 pages
...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 Ere planted in my mind ? If not, why am I subject to His cruelty or scorn ? Or why has man the will... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...Makes countless thousands mourn ! ' 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;...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...countless thousands mourn ! VIII. 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...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 - 1814 - 306 pages
...Makes countless thousands mourn! « See yonder poor e'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 feHow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn.... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...countless thousands mourn ! VIII. See yonder poor, o'erlabor'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, though a weeping wife , And helpless offspring mourn.... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1815 - 364 pages
...wight, So abjeet, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth And tee his lordly feiltnv--worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' 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... | |
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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. 
