 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...befpeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blefling. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire. That where Britain's power...mankind may feel her mercy too. / Sure there is need of focial intercourfe, Benevolence and peace and mutual aid Between the nations, in a world that fecms... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...andbefpeaksa 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...mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of focial intercourfe, Benevolence and peace and mutual aid Between the nations, in a world that feems... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pages
...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. Sufe there is need of focial intercourfe, Benevolence and peace and mutual aid Between the nations,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...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...mankind may. feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of focial intercourfe> Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, Between the nations, in a world that feems... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...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...mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of focial intercourfe, Benevolence and peace and mutual aid Between the nations, in a world that feems... | |
 | English poetry - 1796 - 220 pages
...befpeaks a nation proud And jc;il:ins of the blefling. Spread it then, And let it cireulate through ev'ry vein, Of all your empire. That where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her merey too. A NIGHT PIECE, BY P4RNEL. BY the blue taper's trembling light No mote I wafte the wakeful... | |
 | 1797 - 332 pages
...bcfpcaks a nation proud and jealous of the blefiing. Spread it then, and let it circulate through cv'ry vein of all your empire, that where BRITAIN'S power is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. COWPER. O Liberty, thou goddefs heav'nly bright, profufe of blifs, and pregnant with delight ! Eternal... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...peaks a nation proud And je:ilous of the blefsing. 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. COWPEX. CHAPTER IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION I. The Morning in Summer. JL HE meek-ey'd Morn appears,... | |
 | Chemistry - 1810 - 558 pages
...ever fled from amongst us ? The poet tells us, " Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs " Receive our air, that moment they are free ; " They touch our country, and their shackles fall." The peculiar appearance of this woman at once fixes our attention, and suggests a query interesting... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch...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.... | |
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Tust estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and... 
