 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1826 - 376 páginas
...in the words of the poet, " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me when I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd." IMPROVISATORL The gift of extemporaneous versifying seems confined to the south of Europe.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 páginas
...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 páginas
...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."... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 224 páginas
...sweat With stripes, that mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. 5. No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price; I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I... | |
 | Lindley Murray, John Walker - 1826 - 314 páginas
...sleep. And tremble when 1 wake, for all the wealth That smews bought and sold have ever 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 the bonds, than fasten them on him We have... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 276 páginas
...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...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. 6. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation pri/'d above all price ; I had... | |
 | 1827 - 290 páginas
...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...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz.d above all price, I bad much... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 630 páginas
...fanning him, and keeping off the flies. The picture forcibly brought to my mind a passage in fowper : " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd." But when one reasons philosophically on the subject, there may be no cruelty in such an ignoble... | |
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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. 
