 | Margaret Thomson Janvier, Margaret Vandegrift - Aunts - 1885 - 422 pages
...in the rocking-chair, saying saucily : " Kiss me good-night; aunty — 'pity the poor white man, who has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn.'" But she detected the ring of real feeling under his light words, and put her hand caressingly on his... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford - Literature - 1888 - 420 pages
...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. Chorus. — Let us pitv the white man — no mother has he, &c.'! Trifling as this recital may appear to the reader, to... | |
 | Morton Bryan Wharton - Bible - 1889 - 330 pages
...the words : " 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 give him corn." Chorus : " Let us pity the poor white man, No mother no wife has he, No loved one near... | |
 | Andrew Wanless - American literature - 1891 - 318 pages
...traveler was in the interior of Africa. " The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat beneath 3 •our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk — no wife to grind his corn." After the dance he was introduced to the king of the island, whose name is Ferguson, who was humming... | |
 | Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) - Colonies - 1891 - 484 pages
...women as far back as Mungo Park and Livingstone have sung " Let us protect and feed the white man ; he has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn for him." Does not a spirit of deep sympathy and attachment to humanity, even when living 7,000 miles... | |
 | Robert Brown - Africa - 1892 - 362 pages
...The winds roared, and the rain fell ; The poor white man faint and weary came. And sat beneath the tree : He has no mother to bring him milk, No wife to grind his corn." Cihorut : " Let us pity the poor white man : No mother has he to bring him milk, No wife to grind his... | |
 | Edward Adolphus Seymour Duke of Somerset - Great Britain - 1893 - 572 pages
...translated : ' " The wind 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 : Let us pity the poor white man." I think this song- must have been very pretty. l-°rd Seymou ' >... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 452 pages
...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. Chonta. — Let us pity the white man — no mother has he, &e. Trifling as this recital may appear... | |
 | Sir Clements Robert Markham - Geography - 1895 - 282 pages
...well : — " 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 ; Let us pity the white man : no mother has he." The King of Bambarra dismissed Park with a present... | |
 | Larkin Dunton - Asia - 1896 - 562 pages
...words simple. " The winds roared and the rain 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." To this a refrain was added, in which all the women joined. It was to Richard Lander that the geographical... | |
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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. 
