 | Edmund Burke - 1771 - 592 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... | |
 | 1789 - 222 pages
...Heaven sends misfortunes — why should we repine ? 'Tis Heaven has brought me to the state you see : And your condition may be soon like mine, The child...But ah ! oppression forc'd me from my cot, My cattle dy'd, and blighted was my corn. My daughter — once the comfort of my age ! Lur'd by a villain from... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 416 pages
...brought me to the state you see : And your condition may be soon like mine, • The child of sorrow—and of misery. A little farm was my paternal lot; Then,...But ah ! oppression forc'd me from my cot, My cattle dy'd, and blighted was my corn. My daughter—once the comfort of my age ! Lur'd by a villain from... | |
 | 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 - 730 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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 964 pages
...link farm was my paternal lor. Then like the Jark 1 Iprightly hail'd the morn -t But, ah ! opprellion corn. My daughter, once the comfort of my age, Lur'd by a villain from her native home, Is caft abandon... | |
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