 | Robert Jameson - 1842 - 359 Seiten
...discovered that he himself was the subject of it. It said, in a strain of affecting simplicity,—" The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white...no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn.—-Chorus—Let us pity the white man, no mother has he," &c. Our traveller was much affected,... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1842 - 480 Seiten
...reference to his own situation. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words were literally as follows. " The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white...has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind him corn. Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he to bring him milk, no wife to grind him corn."... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames, Benjamin Lundy - 1843 - 308 Seiten
...The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words Literally translated, were these : " The winds roar'd, and the rains fell , The poor white man, faint and...mother to bring him milk ; No wife to grind his corn. " Let us pity the white man ; No mother has he to bring him milk. No wife to grind his corn." Trifling... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames, Benjamin Lundy - 1843 - 368 Seiten
...translated, were these : " The winds rnar'd, and the rains fell , Tile poor white man, faint and weary, Carnc and sat under our tree. — He has no mother to bring him milk ; No wife to grind his corn. " Let us pitv the white man ; No mother has he to bring him milk. IS'o wife to grind his corn." Trilling... | |
 | Daniel Charles O'Connor - 1913 - 408 Seiten
...plaintive: and the words, literally translated were these: "The winds roared and the rain fell, when the poor white man, faint and weary, came, and sat under our tree." THE PERIOD.—RULE I.—When a sentence is complete in itself, and is neither connected in construction... | |
 | ...ran thus : — " The winds roared, and the rain fell ; the poor Mango Park and the little Moss-Jhwer. white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our...no mother to bring him milk ; no •wife to grind him corn. Clmnis : Let us pity the •white man ; no mother has he." Upon bidding the old woman farewell... | |
 | Denys Thompson, Arthur Denys Halstead Thompson - 1978 - 238 Seiten
...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...mother to bring him milk; No wife to grind his corn. Let us pity the white man; No mother has he, etc. (P. 80 According to the Chadwicks the same facility... | |
 | Benjamin Rush - 1981 - 735 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | Sterling Stuckey Professor of History Northwestern University - 1987 - 444 Seiten
...physician was the subject of a song created extemporaneously, sparked by the humanity of African women: The winds roared, and the rains fell The poor white...mother to bring him milk No wife to grind his corn. CHORUS Let us pity the white man No mother has he. ... At another point, Park writes, "The rites of... | |
 | Jean Comaroff, John L. Comaroff - 1991 - 612 Seiten
...(1799: 198): The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. — "The winds roared, and the rains fell. — The poor...mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us pity the poor white man; no mother has he, etc. etc." This image of an Africa eager... | |
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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. 
