Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall. Poems, - Strana 41podľa William Cowper - 1803 - Počet stránok 363Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| 1826 - Počet stránok 794
...extinction, to its utter extermination." The poet cxultingly exclaims — Slam's cannot breathe iu England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; 'Пил touch our country, and their shackles fall ; That's nolilr, and bespeaks a nation proud Aud... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - Počet stránok 262
...abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6 Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs...they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. Thatjs noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - Počet stránok 276
...abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6. Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs...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,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - Počet stránok 308
...wave , ' That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6. Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lung! 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,... | |
| 1828 - Počet stránok 814
...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...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,... | |
| Prince Hoare - 1828 - Počet stránok 456
...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...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1828 - Počet stránok 468
...why abroad? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and lops'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...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,... | |
| William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - Počet stránok 308
...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...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,... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - Počet stránok 418
...Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Cotope'\ Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive...our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our county, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud 71. Irruption of Hyder AIL... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1828 - Počet stránok 256
...themseives once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6 Slaves cannot breaihe 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,... | |
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