| William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pagine
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, 30 And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pagine
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, 30 And tremble when I wake, for aH the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd No : dear... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pagine
...feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himse.fa man? I would not have a slave to tiil my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for ai< the wealth That sinews bought and sivd have ever earn'd. 5. No : dear as freedom is, and in my... | |
| Reuben Percy - 1826 - 386 pagine
...hope of abolishing slavery ? No : he would never give it up, but evclaim in the words of the poet, " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me when 1 sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever eam'd."... | |
| James Ewell - 1827 - 868 pagine
...man seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And trembk when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. CowpEa. To mention... | |
| Andrew Knapp, William Baldwin - 1828 - 416 pagine
...Africa, we should fill a volume; but we trust that we have said enough to make the reader exclaim, with Cowper, ' I would not have a slave to till my ground, To fan me when I sleep, and tremble when I wake, for all that human sinews, bought and sold, Have ever... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 440 pagine
...your courtesy. U Me, only me, the hand of fortune bore, Unblessed to tread an interdicted shore. P& I would not have a slave to till my ground . To carry...while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the gold That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. MEACO, a city of Niphon, in Japan, fcrmerly the... | |
| John Jackson (of Hull.) - 1829 - 52 pagine
...Thomas to reside And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble while I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom... | |
| Jabez Burns - 1829 - 378 pagine
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble while I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 pagine
...this, And having human feelings, docs not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man ' I wotild not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sfeep, And tremble when 1 wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. 5.... | |
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