 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 sider
...little farm was my paternal lot, Then, like the lark, I sprightly hail'd the morn ; But ah ! oppression forc'd me from my cot, My cattle died, and blighted...my corn. My daughter, once the comfort of my age, Lur'J by a villain from her native home, Is cast abandon'd on the world's wide stage, And doom'd in... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 sider
...little farm was my paternal lot, Then like the lark I sprightly hail'd the morn ; But ah ! Oppression forc'd me from my cot, My cattle died, and blighted...of my age, Lur'd by a villain from her native home, Is cast abandon'd on the world's wide stage, And doom'd in scanty poverty to roam. My tender wife,... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 sider
...farm was my paternal lot; Then, like the lark, I sprightly hailed the morn; But ah! oppression forced me from my cot, My cattle died, and blighted was my corn. My daughter — once the comfort of my age ! — Lured by a villain from her native home, Is cast, abandoned, on the world's wide stage, And doomed... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 sider
...was my paternal lot, Then, like the lark, 1 sprightly hailed the morn ; But ah ! oppression forced me from my cot ; My cattle died, and blighted was...corn. My daughter — once the comfort .of my age ! Lured by a villain from her native home, Is cast, abandoned, on the world's wide stage, And doomed... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 sider
...lot, Then, like the lark, I sprightly hailed the morn ; But ah ! oppression forced me from my c<St ; d in vain I Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain : I fee 1 Lured by a villain from her native home, Is cast, abandoned, on the world's wide stage, And doomed... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 sider
...farm was my paternal lot, Then, like the lark, I sprightly hailed the mom; But ah! oppression forced me from my cot; My cattle died, and blighted was my corn. My daughter—once the comfort of my age! Lured by a villain from her native home, Is cast, abandoned,... | |
 | sir Richard Phillips - 1853 - 200 sider
...was my paternal lot; Then, like the lark, I sprightly hail'd the morn: ' But, ah ! oppression forced me from my cot, My cattle died, and blighted was my corn. My daughter, once die comfort of my age, Lur'd by a villain from her native home, Is cast abandon'd on the world's wide... | |
 | Select poetry - 1855 - 80 sider
...farm was my paternal lot, Then, like the lark, I sprightly hail'd the morn: But ah ! oppression forced me from my cot ; My cattle died, and blighted was my corn. My daughter, once the comfort of my age ! , Lured by a villain from her native home, Is cast, abandoned, on the world's wide stage, And doom'd... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 sider
...little farm was my paternal lot, Then like the lark, I sprightly hail'd the morn, But ah ! oppression forc'd me from my cot My cattle died, and blighted...my age ! Lur'd by a villain from her native home, Is cast abandon' d on the world's wide stage, My tender wife — sweet soother of my care ! Struck... | |
 | 1857 - 300 sider
...farm was my paternal lot, Then like the lark I sprightly hailed the morn ; But ah ! oppression forced me from my cot ; My cattle died, and blighted was my corn. Pity the sorrows of a poor old man ! Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days... | |
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Tis heav'n has brought me to the state you see; And your condition may be soon like mine, The child of sorrow and of misery. 
