| Missions - 1798 - 612 pages
...ever heard. The words, as may be expefted were fimple and may be literally translated as follows : The winds roared and the rains fell. The poor white man faint and weary, came and fat under lur tree. He has no mother to bring him milt — No wife ta grind his corn. Chorus, fjct... | |
| Massachusetts - 1800 - 458 pages
...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... | |
| Great Britain - 1800 - 490 pages
...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... | |
| Henry Smithers - Poetry, English - 1807 - 254 pages
...was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words...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... | |
| William Wilberforce - Slave trade - 1807 - 412 pages
...myself the subject of it; it was sung by one .of the young women, n die the rest joining rn a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words,...translated, were these:—' The winds roared, and the rains fell—The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree—lie has no mother to bring... | |
| English literature - 1807 - 748 pages
...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... | |
| 1813 - 594 pages
...I was myself the subject of it. It was sung hy one of the young women, the rest joined in a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words,...has no mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind him corn. C/toriw. Let us pity the white man : no mother has he to bring him milk ; no wife to grind... | |
| Ezra Sampson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 434 pages
...one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus : the words, literally translated, are these : " The winds roared, " and the rains fell ;...under our tree. He has no mother to " bring him milk ; go wife to grind his corn." Chorus. " Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he." BAMBOO, a. kind... | |
| Mungo Park - Africa, West - 1813 - 374 pages
...was myself the subject of it. It vras sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus: The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words,...literally translated, were these. " The winds roared, ami " the rains fell :— The poor white man, faint and weary, « came and sat under our tree. —... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1814 - 234 pages
...it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. The air was swcet 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 trce.—He has no mother to bring... | |
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