 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 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...Chorus. — Let us pity the white man; no mother has he, &c. &c.'" These words are formed into verse by the Duchess of Devonshire, and set to music by Ferrari.... | |
 | Mungo Park - Africa - 1822 - 564 pages
...woman. The whole joined in the chorus. Literally translated, it was as follows: "The winds u.ired, and the rains fell. — The poor white man, faint...Chorus. — Let us pity the white man; no mother has he," &c. It is not easy to conceive what impression such a circumstance mustjiave made upon the feelings... | |
 | John Davis - United States - 1822 - 404 pages
...grandeur wears, Eternal in its every part. GREEK VERSION OF A NEGRO SONG. From Mr. Park't Travels. " The winds roared, and the rains fell. " The poor white...man, faint and weary, " came and sat under our tree, &c. , r. ,'.;'-,'/):, xai imtvffm o't XOti £?.9ct'* X,-l^'1)- O.Vr,p tx.v..Vc^TO LlfO TO 0£fOfQ9... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 876 pages
...which one of them sung to a plaintive air. The translation of the song is in these terms : " The wind roared and the rains fell ; the poor white man, faint...corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man, no mother has he," &c. The current money of this place consists of cowries, a kind o! .shells (сг/ргега тот... | |
 | 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
...young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. 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. 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... | |
 | Mungo Park - Africa - 1825 - 188 pages
...sweet and plaintive, and the <A t,\a^ literally translated, were as follows : • ' J'lio winds j-oared and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat underour tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn.. — Chorus, Let us pity... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
