 | 1813 - 594 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...has no mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind him corn. C/toriw. Let us pity the white man : no mother has he to bring him milk ; no wife to grind... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1813 - 374 pages
...was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. " The winds roared, ami " the rains fell :— The poor white man, faint and...bring " him milk ; no wife to grind his corn. Chorus. "• Let " us pity the white man ; no mother has he, See. &c." Trifling as this recital may appear... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 pages
...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...under our tree. He has no mother to " bring him milk ; go wife to grind his corn." Chorus. " Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he." BAMBOO, a. kind... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - 234 pages
...roared, and the rains fell.—The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our trce.—He has no mother to bring him milk ; no •wife to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white naan : no mother has he to brink him milk ; no wife to grind his corn,"* Trifling... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1815 - 596 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...bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he, Sec. &c." Trifling as this recital may appear to the... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1816 - 576 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...bring him milk; no " wife to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us " pity the white man ; no mother has he, '« &c. &c."— Trifling as this recital may appear... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 236 pages
...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...mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn. Chants. Let us pity the white man : no mother has he to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.'*... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1816 - 432 pages
...translated, are these : — " The winds roared, " and therains fell ; the poor white man, faintand weary, " came and sat under our tree. He has no mother...bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn." Chorus. " Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he." BAMBOO, a kind of reed, that grows to the height and... | |
 | 1816 - 762 pages
...called Sfgo Soo Korro, and Sego See Jiorro, They are all farrounded with high mud. weary, came and fat under our tree. — He has no mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind hii corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he," &c. &c. « Trifling (feys Mr Park]«... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1816 - 520 pages
...four horses, and several people " 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. &c."—Trifling as this recital may appear to the... | |
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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. 
