 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.  Darton's Pictorial Pages - Pàgina 57Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1799 - 748 pàgines
...The winds roared and the raía fell. The poor white oían, faint and weary, came and fat under out. tree. He has no mother to bring him milk — no wife...' Let us pity the white, man — no mother has he/ &c. ac. Simple as thefe words are, (hey are natural and afrefting; and contain a curious allufion to... | |
 | 1799 - 730 pàgines
...follows : " The winds roared, and the rain fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and fat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk — no wife to grind his corn." rC&rju. " Let us pity the white ma aj no mother has he, &c. After remaining three days in this place,... | |
 | 1799 - 648 pàgines
...poor white " man faint and weary, came and fat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, M no wife to grind his corn."— Chorus — " Let us pity the white man, no mother has he, " &c. &c." Simple as thcfe words are, they are natural and affecting; and contain a curious alluGon... | |
 | 1799 - 614 pàgines
...follows:— " The winds roared, and the rain fell. The poop white man, faint and weary, came and fat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk — no wife to grind his rice." Choms. — " Let us pity the white man — no mother has he, &c. &c." Simple as the words are,... | |
 | 1800 - 458 pàgines
...of chorus : The air was fweet and plaintive, and the words, literally tranflated, were thefe. — " The winds roared, and the rains fell : the poor white man, faint and weary, came and fat under our tree. — He has no mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn. Cborut. Let... | |
 | 1800 - 490 pàgines
...fort of chorus. The air was iweet and plaintive, and the words, literally tranflated, were thefe: • The winds roared, and the rains fell. ' The poor white man, faint andv.-eary, ''came and fat under our tree. He has ' no mother to bring him milk, nowjfe ' to grind... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1807 - 594 pàgines
...of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. — " The winds roared, and " the rains fell. — The poor...Chorus. Let us " pity the white man ; no mother has he, " &c. &c." — Trifling as this recital may appear to the reader, to a person in my situation, the... | |
 | William Wilberforce - 1807 - 412 pàgines
...roared, and the rains fell—The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree—lie has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind...Chorus: " Let us pity the white man; no mother has he," &c. &c.—Trifling as this recital may appear to the reader, to a person in my situation the circumstance... | |
 | Henry Smithers - 1807 - 254 pàgines
...a 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 had no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind him corn. Let us pity the white man, no mother has... | |
 | 1807 - 748 pàgines
...abundance." " The winds roared, and the rain fell. The poor \vlite man, faint and weary, came and fat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk — no wile to ^rind his corn." — • Chorus. " Let us pity the white man, no mother has he," &.C. &C. Upon... | |
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