| Edmund Burke - 1771 - 590 pages
...ftate yon lee : And your condition may be foon like mine, — The child of forrow — and of mifery. A little farm was my paternal lot, Then like the Lark I fprightly hail'd the morn ; Hut ah ! oppreffion forc'd me from my cot, My cattle dy'd, and blighted... | |
| G. Pearch - 1775 - 340 pages
...the ftate you fee : And your condition may be foon like mine, The chilli of forrow — and of mifery. A little farm was my paternal lot, Then like the lark I fprightly hail'd the morn ; But ah t oppreffion forc'd me from my cot, My cattle dy'd, and blighted... | |
| John Wesley - 1786 - 738 pages
...to the flate you fee ; And your condition may be foon like mine, The child of forrow and of mifery. A little farm was my paternal lot, Then like the lark I fprightly hailed ihe morn f But ah! oppreffion forced me from my cot, My cattle died, ahd blighted... | |
| 1787 - 430 pages
...your breaft, Your hand could not withhold the kind relief, And tears of pity could not be reprcit. A little farm was my paternal lot, Then, like the lark, I fprightly hailed the morn, My cattle died, and blighted was my corn, My daughter, once the comfort... | |
| Prolusiones - 1788 - 210 pages
...ftate you fee ; And your condition may be foon like mine, The child of forrow and of mifery. VIII. A little farm was my paternal lot ; Then, like the lark, I fprightly hail'd the morn ; But ah ! oppreffion forc'd me from my cot, My cattle dy'd, and blighted... | |
| William Humphries - 1790 - 16 pages
...to the ftate you fee; And your condition may be foon like mine, The child of Sorrow and of Mifery. A little farm was my paternal lot, Then, like the lark, I fprightly hail'd the morn ; But ah ! oppreflion forc'd me from my cot, My cattle dy'd, and blighted... | |
| 1791 - 728 pages
...me to the i';ite you Ami your condition foon may be like mine, Tbe«hild of Sorrow, and of Mifery ! A little farm was my paternal lot ; Then, like the lark, I Brightly hail'd the morn !— [cot; But, ah ! Oppreffion forc'd me from my Mv ta'.tle died, and blighted... | |
| James Roach - 1792 - 284 pages
...the rich and great. + A jlate of affluence is as uncertain in its continuance, wealth can mahe it. A little farm was my paternal lot, Then like the lark I fprightly hail'dthe morn; But ah ! oppreflion fore'd me from my cot, My cattle died and blighted was... | |
| British poetical miscellany - 1805 - 262 pages
...the ftate you fee . And your condition may be foon like mine, ; The child of forrow and of mifcry. " A little farm was my paternal lot, Then, like the lark, I fprightly hail'd the morn ; But, all ! opprcffion drove me from my cot, My cattle dy'd, and blighted... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 pages
...to the ftate you fee; And your condition may be foon like mine, The child of Sorrow and of Mifery. A little farm was my paternal lot ; Then like the lark I fprightly hail'd the morn ; But ah ! Opprefsion forc'd me from my cot, My cattle dy'd, and blighted... | |
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