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" 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 corn. "
Affection: With Other Poems - Page 184
by Henry Smithers - 1807 - 210 pages
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A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade: Addressed to the ..., Volume 1

William Wilberforce - 1807 - 412 pages
...to resume their task of spinning cotton ; in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one...subject of it; it was sung by one .of the young women, n die the rest joining rn a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally...
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Walks in a forest: or, Poems descriptive of scenery of a forest [by T ...

Thomas Gisborne - 1813 - 386 pages
...resume their task of spinning cotton ; in which they continued to '* employ themselves great part of the night. They lightened their " labour by songs,...joining in a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plain" tive ; and the wo rds, literally translated, were these :—" The winds " roared, and the rains...
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The Halcyon Luminary, and Theological Repository, Volume 2

1813 - 594 pages
...reeume%their task of spinning cotton ; in wliich they continued to employ themselves great part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one...; for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung hy one of the young women, the rest joined in a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and...
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The Youth's Companion: Or An Historical Dictionary; Consisting of Articles ...

Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 pages
...extempore ; for Park himself was the subject of it. It was sung in a sweet and plaintive tone of voice, by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus : the words, literally translated, are these : " The winds roared, " and the rains fell ; the poor white...
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Introduction to the English Reader; Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and ...

Lindley Murray - 1814 - 234 pages
...employ themselves great part of the night. " They lightened their labour by songs, one of which iras composed extempore ; for I was myself the subject...the rest joining in a sort of chorus. The air was swcet and plaintive, and the words literally translated, were these : " The winds roared, and the rains...
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Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed in the ..., Volume 1

Mungo Park - 1816 - 576 pages
...to resume their task of spinning cotton ; in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore ; for I \vas myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of...
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The Youth's Companion, Or, An Historical Dictionary: Consisting of Articles ...

Ezra Sampson - 1816 - 432 pages
...extempore ; for Park himself was the subject of it. It was sung in a sweet and plaintive tone of voice, by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus : the words, literally translated, are these : — " The winds roared, " and therains fell ; the poor white...
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The Miscellany,or Evening's Occupation for the Youthful Peasantry of Ireland

1819 - 186 pages
...resume their task of spinning cotton ; . in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night. " They lightened their labour by songs,...sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a «ort of "chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated were the-e....
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The Tour of Africa: Containing a Concise Account of All the ..., Volume 3

Catherine Hutton - 1821 - 564 pages
...greater part of the night. They enlivened their labour with songs, and I was the subject of one of them. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. The air wus sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. " The winds roared, and the...
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Introduction to the English Reader: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and ...

Lindley Murray - 1824 - 170 pages
...task of spinning cotton; in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night. 12. " They lightened their labour by songs, one of which...it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joined in a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were...
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