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 Works of Robert Burns: Poems formerly published, with some additions ... - Seite 186 von Robert Burns - 1806 Vollansicht -
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