 | Kazlitt Arvine - 1850 - 882 Seiten
...discovered that he himself was the subject of it. It said, in a strain of affecting simplicity : " 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." Chorus. " Let... | |
 | 1850 - 734 Seiten
...her maidens, as they plied their tasks, lamented thus the desolate condition of the stranger — " 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. Let us pity the... | |
 | John Struthers - 1850 - 326 Seiten
...Flowers of the Forest." " The air was 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, he has no wife to grind his corn, let us pity... | |
 | S.G Goodrich - 1851 - 664 Seiten
...neighborhood, that I should have been under the necessity of resting among the branches of the tree. '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. CHORUS. Let us pity... | |
 | 1852 - 460 Seiten
...of chorus. 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. Chorus. — Let... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 460 Seiten
...sort of chorus. 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. Chorus,— Let... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 470 Seiten
...of chorus. 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. Chorus. — Let... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 Seiten
...of chorus. 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. Chorus. — Let... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1854 - 740 Seiten
...discovered that he himself was the subject of it. It said, in a strain of affecting simplicity, — " 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. — Chorus — Let... | |
 | Sarah Tucker - 1854 - 312 Seiten
...women, and the others joined in chorus. The melody was simple and plaintive, and the words ran thus : " 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." — Chorus —... | |
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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. Chorus. Let us pity the white man; no mother has he, &c. 
