 | 1900 - 498 Seiten
...with true spiritual insight, gives forth its lamentation in this wise: See yonder poor, o'erlabor'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, . Who begs a brother...tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. My comments must be exceedingly brief, to bring out in one short article so many selections to show... | |
 | Kenneth C. Wenzer - 1997 - 490 Seiten
...Ogilvie: Biographical Notes with Side Issues, by the Editor DG MacDonald 1 See yonder poor, o'erlabor'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother...tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. Introduction Robert Burns 2 (says his brother Gilbert) "used to remark that he could not well conceive... | |
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...spirit that despises the useful — the children of toil — those who bear the burdens of the world. " 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 I subject to His cruelty, or scorn ? Or why has man the will... | |
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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. 
