Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. The Poems of William Cowper - الصفحة 183 بواسطة William Cowper - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 427 عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
...iteceive our air, thit moment they art free \ They touch our country, and their shackles fait. That '& noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of...blessing* Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire* That where Britain*! power Is felt} mankind may feel her mercy too....