| Conduct of life - 1806 - 360 pages
...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 5But ah! oppreffion forc'd me from my cot, My cattle dy'd, and blighted was... | |
| Solomon Hodgson - Conduct of life - 1806 - 362 pages
...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 ! oppreffion forc'd me from my cot, My cattle dy'd, and blighted... | |
| Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...relief, And tears of pity could not be represt. Heaven sends misfortunes, why should we repine ? "Us Heaven has brought me to the state you see ; And your...and of misery. A little farm was my paternal lot, There, like the lark, I sprightly hail'd the morn , But, ah ! Oppression forc'd me from my cot, My... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...pit)' would not be represt. Heav'n sends misfortunes ; why should we repine ? 'Tis Heav'n hris brougl.t me to the state you see ; And your condition may be...sorrow and of misery. A little farm was my paternal lot ; Thru like the lark, I sprightly bail'd the morn :: But ah ! Oppression iorc'd me frt>m my cot ; My... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...'Tis Heav'n has brought me to the state you see ; And your eondition may be soon like mine, The ehild of sorrow and of misery. A little farm was my paternal lot ; Then like the lark I sprightly hail'd the mom ; But ah ! Oppression foreed me from my eot, My eattle dy'd, and blighted was my eorn. My daughter,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...And tears of pity would not be represt. Heaven sends misfortunes, why should we repine ? 'Tis heaveu has brought me to the state you see; And your condition...paternal lot ; Then like the lark I sprightly hail'd the moru; But ah ! oppression forc'd me from my cot, My cattle dy'd and blighted was my cor». My daughter,... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...relief, And tears of pity would not be represt. Heav'n sends misfortunes ; why should we repine .? "Tis Heaven has brought me to the state you see; And...was my paternal lot ; Then like the lark I sprightly bail'd the morn ; But ah ! oppression forc'd me from my cot, My cattle died, and blighted was my earn.... | |
| Caroline Herbert - 1817 - 236 pages
...way to obtain a decent livelihood. CHAP. XV. " Heaven sends misfortunes — why should we repine I Tis Heaven has brought me to the state you see, And...like mine. The child of sorrow — and of misery." As the Count d'Alembert was one morning returning from 'the library in the High-Street, his attention... | |
| Caleb Bingham - Readers - 1820 - 226 pages
...your breast, Your hands would not withhold the kind relief, And tears of pity would not be repress'd. And your condition may be soon like mine, The child of sorrow, and of misery. 7. Heaven sends misfortunes ; why should we repine.. "Tis Heaven has brought me to the state you see... | |
| Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 278 pages
...; why should we repine ? 'Tis Heav'n has brought me to the state you see $ And your condition m;\y be soon like mine, The child of sorrow and of misery,...A little farm was my paternal lot ; Then like the ]ark 1 sprightly hail'd the morn ; But ah ! Oppression forc'd me from my cot, My cattle died, and blighted... | |
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