 | Maria J. Falco - 2010
...poignant passage from William Cowper's poem, "The Task," popular with the contemporary reading public: I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when 1 wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No: dear as freedom is, and... | |
 | Dorothy Sterling - 1999 - 237 páginas
...moral. Lucretia's favorite was William Cowper. When, with flashing eyes and ringing voice, she recited: "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. No; dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation,... | |
 | Helena Woodard - 1999 - 180 páginas
...Nevertheless, in "The Task" (1785), Cowper argues that individual liberty is sanctioned by nature: "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 earned (2: 29-32, 40-44).... | |
 | Mary Evans - 2001 - 528 páginas
...poignant passage from William Cowper's poem. The Task', popular with the contemporary reading public: 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 had much... | |
 | Catherine Hall - 2002 - 556 páginas
...sadly kneeling and others working in the background under the overseers' whip. Cowper was quoted below: I would not have a Slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. We have no slaves at home - why then abroad? This was followed by a poem in the voice of an... | |
 | Marcus Wood - 2003 - 704 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 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 2003 - 119 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 1 wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No: dear... | |
 | Emily Auerbach - 2004 - 344 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...wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. Cowper concludes, "We have no slaves at home.—Then why abroad?" a question which goes as unanswered... | |
 | Patricia L. Dooley - 2004 - 375 páginas
...bought and sold have ever earned. No: dear as freedom 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." Zaama: "The Appeal of an Hapless African, to the Rising Generation of America [Part 3]" In the last... | |
 | Deborah C. De Rosa - 2005 - 390 páginas
...and these people and their children are the slaves spoken of in the poetry Lucy has been saying: — 'I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep.' "These were things the slaves were employed to do. When it was very hot, the masters and mistresses... | |
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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 earned. 
