 | 1825 - 90 pagine
...will not rest satisfied with approving and admiring, but that you will also endeavour to imitate. " We have no slaves at home. — Then why abroad ? And they themselves, once ferried over the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pagine
...have ever earned. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the...ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pagine
...and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, 35 And wear the bonds. than fasten them on him. We have...the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs 40 Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pagine
...in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, • 33 And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have...the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs 40 Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They... | |
 | Lindley Murray, John Walker - 1826 - 314 pagine
...earn'd. 5. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price , , . 1 had much rather be myself the slave, ', .' And wear...why abroad And they themselves once ferried o'er the wav» 1 nat parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. ! 6. Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lunes... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pagine
...and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price : ', I had much rather be myse.f the s.ave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have...abroad ? And they, themselves once ferried o'er the wavfl That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6. Slaves cannot breathe in England : If 'their lungs... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 224 pagine
...nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev ry vein I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the...bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home—then why abroad? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave • That parts us, are emancipate... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 308 pagine
...ever earn'd, 5. No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price; I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the...loos'd. 6. Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lung! Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pagine
...priz'd above all price ; • I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, that fastea them on him. We have no slaves at home — then why...the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 2 Swiftly from the mountain's brow, Shadows, nurs'd by night, retire ; And the peeping sun-beam, now... | |
 | 1827 - 290 pagine
...ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz.d above all price, I bad much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds than fasten them on him. p. £9. When were the winds Let slip with such a warrant to destroy ? When did the waves so haughtily... | |
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I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. 
