Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs 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 circulate... The Task: In Six Books - Страница 36написао/ла William Cowper - 1836 - 172 страницаПуни преглед - О овој књизи
| Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 страница
...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 circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire; that where Britian's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 314 страница
...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 circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire; that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 310 страница
...Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there...intercourse, Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, Between the nations in a world, that seems To toll the deathbell of its own decease, And by the voice... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 562 страница
...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 circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 страница
...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 circulate througn ev'ry vein Of all your empire: that where Britain's power CHAPTER IV. DESCRIPTIVE PISCESSECTION... | |
| John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 страница
...182 THE AMERICAN [Lesso* They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing-. Spread...• '• Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. LESSON LXXVII. The Same Subject. — MONTGOMERY. THE... | |
| Englishman - 1824 - 420 страница
...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...Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." COWPKR. THERE was a time when slavery was the common condition of the inferior orders of every nation... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 446 страница
...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...every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse, Benevolence,... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 470 страница
...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's pow'r...mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse, R 3 Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, Between the nations in a world, that seems To toll the... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 450 страница
...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 circulate through ev'ry vein Ot all your empire ; that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.... | |
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