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. The Lady's Weekly Miscellany - Page 3511810Full view - About this book
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...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. ' If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, By Nature's law design'd. Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind? If not, why am... | |
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...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 E'er planted in my mind ? If If not, why am I subject to His cruelty or scorn ? Or why has man the will and pow'r To make his fellow... | |
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...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. If I'm design 'd yon lordling's slave — By nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted... | |
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...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. IX. If I'm design'd yon lordling'i «lare— By Nature'« law design'd, Why was an independent wish... | |
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