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The Hireling and the Slave

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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1855. Excerpt: ... THE HIRELING AND THE SLATE. PART FIRST. Oh, mortal man, that livest here by toil, Do not complain of this thy hard estate, That, like an emmet, thou must ever moil, Is a sad sentence of an ancient date; And, certes, there is for it reason great. ***** Wi thou ten that would come a heavier bale, Loose life, unruly passions, and diseases pale. Castle or Indolence. How small the choice, from cradle to the grave, Between the lot of Hireling and of Slave! To each alike applies the stern decree, That man shall labour; whether bond or free. For all that toil, the recompense we claim-- Food, fire, a home and clothing--is the same.1 The manumitted serfs of Europe find Unchanged this sad estate of all mankind; What blessing to the churl has freedom proved, What want supplied, what task or toil removed? Hard work and scanty wages still their lot, In youth o'erlaboured, and in age forgot, The mocking boon of freedom they deplore, In wants, cares, labours never known before.* Free but in name--the slaves of endless toil, In Britain still they turn the stubborn soil, Spread on each sea her sails for every mart, Ply in her cities every useful art; But vainly may the Peasant toil and groan, To speed the plough in furrows not his own; In vain the art is plied, the sail is spread, The day's work oifered for the daily bread f With hopeless eye, the pauper Hireling sees The homeward sail swell proudly to the breeze, Rich fabrics, wrought by his unequalled hand, Borne by each breeze to every distant land; For him, no boon successful commerce yields, For him no harvest crowns the joyous fields, *Pauperism began with the abolition of serfage.-- Westminster Review, The streams of wealth that foster pomp and pride, No food nor shelter for his wants provide, He fails to win, by toil intensely hard, The bare ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781151540041
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 26
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151540048
  • Publisher Date: 31 Dec 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 68 gr


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