 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
 | Charles Richson - 1820 - Počet stránok 98
...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. COWPER. THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Ah, little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, pow'r,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - Počet stránok 556
...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...Between the nations, in a world that seems To toll the death-bell of its own decease, And by the voice of all it elements To preach the general doom.* When... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - Počet stránok 314
...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...Between the nations in a world, that seems To toll the death-bell of it's own decease, And by the voice of all it's elements To preach the gen'ral doom. *... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Počet stránok 310
...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...Between the nations in a world, that seems To toll the deathbell of its own decease, And by the voice of all its elements [winds To preach the general doom... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - Počet stránok 562
...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...Between the nations in a world, that seems To toll the deathbell of its own decease, And by the voice of all its elements To preach the gen'ral doom.* When... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - Počet stránok 492
...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...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. LESSON LXXVII. The Same Subject. — MONTGOMERY. THE broken heart, which kindness never heals, The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - Počet stránok 446
...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...Between the nations in a world, that seems To toll the death-bell of its own disease, And by the voice of all its elements To preach the general doom.* When... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - Počet stránok 510
...fall. That's noule ! and bespeaks a nation proud And je;uous of the blessing. Spread it then, Л nd let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire;...that, where "Britain's power Is felt, mankind may fed her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse. Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid,... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - Počet stránok 420
...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." COWPKR. THERE was a time when slavery was the common... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - Počet stránok 470
...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 is need of social intercourse, R 3 Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, Between the nations in a world, that seems To toll the... | |
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