 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 pity the white man; no mother has he, &c.  The Monthly Epitome - Page 2051800Full view - About this book
 | 1799 - 486 pages
...extempore, for I was myfelf the fubjeil of it. It was fung by one of the young women, the reft joining in a fort of chorus, The air was i'weet and plaintive,...words, literally tranflated, were thefe * : ' The pocr white man, faint and weary, came and fat under our tree : he has no mother to bring him milk ;... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Books - 1799 - 618 pages
...sort of chorus. The air was sweet 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 tree. — He has no mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his... | |
 | Mungo Park - Africa - 1799 - 524 pages
...of chorus. The air was sweet 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 tree. — He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to " grind... | |
 | 1799 - 614 pages
...sort of chorus. The air was sweet 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 s>at under our tree. — He has no mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind... | |
 | Religion - 1800 - 76 pages
...was extempore, and Mr. Park the subject of it, and the words, literally translated, were as follow. " 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.... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1800 - 458 pages
...it. It was fung by one of the young women, the reft joining in a fort of chorus : The air was fweet and plaintive, and the words, literally tranflated,...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... | |
 | Mungo Park - Africa - 1807 - 594 pages
...of chorus. The air was sweet 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 tree. — " he has no mother to bring him milk ; no " wife to grind... | |
 | Henry Smithers - Poetry, English - 1807 - 254 pages
...a sort of chorus. The air was sweet 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 tree. He had no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind him corn.... | |
 | Elijah Parish - Geography - 1810 - 410 pages
...mat for his repose. With her companions she began lp spin ; they cheered the night with s'ii:p;. « 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 com."... | |
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