 | Andrew Reid (of London.) - 1824 - 274 pages
...have ever earn'd. No, I would 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 touch our country, and their shackles fall. COWPEH. Edinburgh, 2ith July, 1323 SLAVERY, horrific name ! torn from kindred and country, forced by... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad t And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That...; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...above all price, I had much rather be myself, the slave, And wear the bonds, tlum fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home— then why abroad ? And...Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs JU'i « ! . i uur air, that moment they are free ; They touch our eountry, and their shackles fall.... | |
 | Edward Allen Talbot - Canada - 1824 - 848 pages
...know is a most righteous shame. You are entirely mistaken, Sir; we have no slaves in Great Britain. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive...free; They touch our country and their shackles fall. LAND. Aye, Aye I you mean, you have no negirs in England : We know all that, but we also know that... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...celestial-born ; When the first man became a living soul, His sacred genius thou. Dyer's Ruins of Rome. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...free, They touch our country and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Cowper's Task, b. 2. Liberty,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, then fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And...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... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...complete triumph in its native land. L. SLAVE TRADE. " Slavts cannot breathe In England ;~if their laagi Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.— That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it, then, And let it... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1825 - 248 pages
...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 ? And...; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...why abroad ? And they themselves OHCC ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs...; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing;. Spread it then, And let it... | |
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Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. 
