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 and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that... The Poems of William Cowper ... - الصفحة 185بواسطة William Cowper - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 491عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 416
...him. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave 35 That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot...shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud 40 And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate thtough every vein Of all your... | |
| 1834 - عدد الصفحات: 504
...the first beams of whose sun melt his servile bonds ; and whose boast and glory it is to say, that ' Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lungs Receive...; They touch our country, and their shackles fall ;' — . Owing my earliest impressions to such a land, I can have no fellowship with slavery in any... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 256
...above all price ; I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on hm). We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And...ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6 Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lunys Receive our air, that moment they are free... | |
| 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 824
...universally diffused her precious blessings, in our fertile and beautiful island. Cowper has said, " We Ijave no slaves at home, then why abroad? And they themselves,...ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England." Has not the bard here asserted more than can be proved ?... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 256
...is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, 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 1 And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and toos'd. Slaves... | |
| Thomas Clarkson - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 240
...why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. .Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They loach our country. and their shackles fall.* That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous... | |
| William Mathers - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 214
...is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have...ferried o'er the wave That parts us are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lungf Receive our air, that moment they are free;... | |
| Joseph Emerson - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 122
...in my heart's Just estimation, priz'd above all price, I would much rather be myself the slave, 35 And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have...home -Then why abroad ? And they themselves, once ferri'd o'er the wave, That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ;... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 428
...is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, 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 r And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 420
...themselves once ferried o'er the wave 85 That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breaths in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that...shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud 40 And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your... | |
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