...surprize; While, scourg'd by famine from the smiling land, The mournful peasant leads his humble band; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, . . The...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And ev'n the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped, what waits him there? To see profusion that...

...surprise; While, scourg'd by famine, from the smiling land The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits stray' d, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide,...

...milling land, The mournful peafant leads his humble band ; And while he finks, without one arm to fave, The country blooms — a garden, and a grave/ Where then, ah ! where mall poverty refide, To 'fcape the preffure of contiguous pride ? If to fome common's fencelefs limits...

...peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms....a garden and a grave. Where then, ah, where shall poverty...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped.. ..what waits him there ? To sec profusion...

...fmiling land, The momnf'ul peafant leads his humble band ; And while he finks , without one arm to fave, The country blooms — a garden and a grave ! Where then, ah ! where, fhall poverty i To Tcape the preffure of contiguous pride ? If, to fome common's fencelefs limits ftray'd,...

...surprise ; While, scourged by famine from the smiling land, The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits stray 'd, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide,...

...surprise ; While, scourg'd by famine, from the smiling land The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped — What waits him there ? To see profusion...

...surprise; While, scourg'd by famine from the smiling land. The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide. And even the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped— What waits him there? To see profusion that he must...

...surprize ; While, scourg'd by famine from the smiling land, The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide,. And ev'u the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped, what waits him there? To see profusion that...

...surprise ; While scourged by famine from the smiling la The mournful peasant leads his humble tand ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden, and a grave. C 83 ] HENRY BAKER. 1774. From his poems, published in two volumes, 17-25, and 1 725. He was the confidential...