 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 lehte
...love adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn ! ' See yonder poor, o'erlaboured wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother...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.... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1910 - 250 lehte
...of love adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! See yonder poor, o'erlabor'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother...tho' a weeping wife And helpless off-spring mourn. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, By nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted... | |
 | 1842 - 700 lehte
...their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter ;" and of the " wight," whom the poet calls " Abject, mean, and vile ; Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil !" Such spectacles are very common, and of increasing frequency throughout the country. They are bringing... | |
 | John Keble - 1912 - 444 lehte
...the fact that he, with all his genius, had only a poor man's fare and shelter granted him by Fate. 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 ? 2 Such was the description... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1914 - 724 lehte
...love adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn ! See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother...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... | |
 | WILLARD C. GORE - 1915 - 390 lehte
...love adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn 1 See yonder poor, o'erlabor'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother...tho' a weeping wife And helpless off-spring mourn. If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, By nature's law design'd, Why was an independent wish E'er planted... | |
 | 1915 - 368 lehte
...love adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn ! "See yonder poor, o'erlabored wight. So abject, mean, and vile. Who begs a brother...lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, 'though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn. "If I'm designed you lordling's slave. By Nature's... | |
 | E. Lewis Evans - 1916 - 470 lehte
...is not a stranger. He is our neighbor. There is no poverty half as tragic as that of the workingman. "Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil." It won't do to preach to him. An empty stomach is stony ground for the seed of the Gospel. It won't... | |
 | Byron Akbar Roloson - 1918 - 78 lehte
...country would be filled with Prohibition bootleggers of grape juice, caring little for its quality. 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? — Robert Burns. CHAPTER IX PROHIBITION NOT THE ULTIMATE OBJECT The National... | |
 | 1926 - 554 lehte
...creatures, with his so-called divine attributes of reason and moral sentiments, and he alone, has to beg a brother of the earth to give him leave to toil, and even that is denied him except under conditions of slavery. It follows, as day the night, that if such... | |
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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. 
