 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...  Poems - Strana 27podľa William Cowper - 1817Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | William Cowper - 1806 - Počet stránok 234
...country, and their shackles fall. That is noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every...Between the nations in a world, that seems To toll the death-bell of its own decease, And by the voice of all its elements To preach the general doom*. When... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - Počet stránok 338
...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. Sure there...nations in a world, that seems To toll the deathhell of it's own decease, And hy the voice of all it's elements To preach the gen'ral doom *. When were the... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1808 - Počet stránok 596
...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 every vein Of all your empire — that where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." * Expressions used in the great trial, when Mr. Sharp... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1808 - Počet stránok 598
...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 every vein Of all your empire—that where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." * Expressions used in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - Počet stránok 212
...blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that when Britain's Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there...Between the nations, in a world that seems To toll the death-bell of its own decease, And by the voice of all its elements, To preach the gen'ral doom.* When... | |
 | Richard Turner - 1810 - Počet stránok 384
...and thtir fhackles fal! ; ; That's noble, and befpeaks a nation proud . And jealous of the blefling. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire — that where Britain's powsr , Is ftU, mankind may feel her MERCY too. ^ . • •'' ; - CO\VP£R. Abyflinia, with Nubia,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - Počet stránok 228
...it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire; that where Britain's pow'r T~ felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is...Between the nations, in a world that seems To toll the death-bed of its own decease, And by the voice of all its elements To preach the general doom*. When... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1811 - Počet stránok 286
...befpeaks a nation proud And jealous of the bleffing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. COWPER. CHAP. IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION I. s The Morning in Summer. JL HE meek ey'd morning appears,... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - Počet stránok 428
...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 power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. SECTION III. Reflections on a Future State, from a Review vf Winter. 'Ti s done ! dread 'Winter spreads... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - Počet stránok 378
...bespeaks a nation proud .> Aud jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. / COWPER. • ( 256 > CHAPTER IV. SESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION I. T' HE meck-ey'd morn appears, mother... | |
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