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. The Pamphleteer - Page 397edited by - 1815Full view - About this book
| Catherine Hutton - Africa - 1821 - 564 pages
...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...Chorus. " Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn." I was so much affected by this simple strain, and unexpected... | |
| Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 408 pages
...sung extempore songs, as she spun her cotton. In one of these Park recognised his own condition'. " The winds roared and the rains fell. The poor white...bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn. CHORUS. No mother has he to bring him milk, nor wife to grind his corn." The Congoese 2 are said to be always... | |
| Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 416 pages
...sung extempore songs, as she spun her cotton. In one of these Park recognised his own condition '. " The winds roared and the rains fell. The poor white...mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn. Cnoaus. No mother has he to bring him milk, nor wife to grind his corn." The Congoese2 are said to... | |
| 1824 - 448 pages
...composed extempore on myself, and sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. The words, literally translated, were these ;—'...has no mother to bring him milk, no Wife to grind him corn. Chorus.—Let us pity the white man; ho mother has he,' &c, &c." These words have since been... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1824 - 170 pages
...words, literally translated, were these. 13. " ' The winds roared and the rains fell.— The poor \yhite man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree....has no mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind nts corn^ Chorus. Let us pity the white man : no mother has he to bring him milk ;;no wife to grind... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 164 pages
...sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words literally translated, were these. 13. " The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white...Chorus. Let us -pity the white man : no mother has he to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn. [These simple and pathetic sentiments, have been very... | |
| African Americans - 1826 - 266 pages
...and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these :— " The winds roared and the rain fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and...Chorus. " Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn."* Trifling as these events may appear to the reader,... | |
| Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 394 pages
...remarkably sweet and plaintive, and the words were literary the following: "The winds roared, and the rain fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and...has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind him corn." Chorus. Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he to bring him milk, no wife to grind... | |
| Adventure and adventurers - 1827 - 226 pages
...extempore, for he was himself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words,...Chorus. Let us pity the white man. No mother has he to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn." This little incident, as you may suppose, greatly affected... | |
| Robert Walsh - American literature - 1829 - 532 pages
...spun cotton, alluded to the situation and sufferings of the poor stranger whom they were sheltering. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white...has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind him corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man — no mother has he," &c. In the morning, all he had with... | |
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