 | 1800 - 490 pages
...fort of chorus. The air was iweet and plaintive, and the words, literally tranflated, were thefe: • The winds roared, and the rains fell. ' The poor white man, faint andv.-eary, ''came and fat under our tree. He has ' no mother to bring him milk, nowjfe ' to grind... | |
 | William Wilberforce - 1807 - 412 pages
...night. They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore, for I was myself the 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... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1813 - 374 pages
...their labour by songs, one of which was comyosed extempore, for T was myself the subject of it. It vras sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in...literally translated, were these. " The winds roared, ami " the rains fell :— The poor white man, faint and weary, « came and sat under our tree. —... | |
 | Thomas Gisborne - 1813 - 386 pages
...night. They lightened their " labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore; for I was " myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - 234 pages
...night. " They lightened their labour by songs, one of which iras composed extempore ; for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 236 pages
...supper. 12. " They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore; for I was myself the subject of it- It was sung by one of the young...plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. 13. "' The winds roared and the rains fell.—The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 746 pages
...fort of chorus. Tbeiir was fweet and plaintive, and the words, literal!? tranflated, were thefe — " The winds roared, and the rains fell.— The poor white man, faint »nd weary, came and fat under our tree. — He ba« w mother to bring him milk ; no wile to grind... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1817 - 126 pages
...cotton and lightened their labour with songs, one of which was composed extempore, for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young...translated were these : " The winds roared and the rains Tell : The poor nkite man, faint and weary, Came and sat under our tree. — He has no mother to bring... | |
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The winds roared, and the rain 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. 
