 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. If I'm designed yon lordling's slave — By nature's...  The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns - Pagina 205di Robert Burns, James Currie - 1869 - 612 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pagine
...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...Disturb thy youthful breast: This partial view of human-kind In surely not the la-nl The poor, oppressed, honest man, Had never, sure, been born, Had... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1859 - 674 pagine
...asked, in the presence of oppression, "If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, By Nature's laws designed ; Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind...His cruelty or scorn ? Or why has man the will and pow'r To make his fellow mourn ?" l Nations, like men, have thus spoken. The principles of civil and... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 482 pagine
...subject to His cruelty or scorn 1 Or why has man the will and power To make his fellow mourn 1 10. "Yet let not this too much, my son, Disturb thy youthful...This partial view of human kind Is surely not the best! The poor, oppressed, honest man, Had never, sure, been born, Had there not been some recompense... | |
 | James Ballantine - 1859 - 634 pagine
...with a powerful emphasis : — " 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 and scorn ? Or why has man the will and power To make his fellow mourn ? " Yes, Burns was indeed the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1859 - 736 pagine
...And helpless offspring mourn. " If I'm designed yon lordling's slave— By Nature's law designed — Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why am I subjeet to His cruelty or scorn ? Or why has man the will and power To make his fellow mourn ? " Yet... | |
 | James Ballantine - 1859 - 630 pagine
...Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? II' not, why am I subject to His cruelty and scorn ? Or why has man the will and power To make his fellow mourn ?" Yes, Burns was indeed the poet of the poor. In his writings, their sentiments, their feelings, and... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 pagine
...lo^e his consciousness forever1? 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"-...why am I subject to His cruelty \ or scorn*? Or, why hath man the will', and power" ! To make his fellows mourn*? Who can hold a fire in his hand', By thinking... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pagine
...weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slaveBy 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 1 Or why lias man the will and power To make his fellow mourn ? Yet, let not this too much, my son,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 668 pagine
...'•If I'm design'd yon lordling's sLavc, By Nature's laws designed ; Why was an independent wish K'er planted in my mind? If not, why am I subject to His cruelty or scorn? Or why has man the will nnd pow'r To make hU fellow mourn ?" ' Nations, like men, have thus spoken. The principles of civil... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 pagine
...yon lordling's slaveBy Nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mindl If not, why am I subject to His cruelty or scorn! Or why has man the will and pow'r To makv 'lis fellow mourn! Yet let not this too much, my son, Disturb thy youthful breast : This... | |
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