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" I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. "
Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ... - Page 46
by William Cowper - 1793 - 359 pages
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Medical Extracts: On the Nature of Health, with Practical ..., Volume 4

1797 - 332 pages
...human feelings, does not blufH and hang his head, to think himfelf a man ' 1 would not have a flave to till my ground', to carry me, to fan- me while I deep, and tremble when I wake, for all the wealth that finews bought and fold have ever earn'd. Ho...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...having human feelings, does not blufh And hang his head, to think himfelfa man? I would not have a flave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I fteep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That finews bought and fold have ever earn'd. No...
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The Politician's Creed

Robert John Thornton - Economics - 1799 - 852 pages
...human race. How beautifully does COWPER exprefs himfclf on this fubjedt — I would not have a flave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I flcep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That fincws bought and fold have ever earn'd. No...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1800 - 394 pages
...human feelings, does not blufh, And hang his head, to think himfelf a man ? I would not have a flave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I...fleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That finews bought and fold have ever earn'd. No: dear-as freedom is, and in my heart's Juft eflimation...
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The temple of Apollo, being a selection of the best poems, from the most ...

Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...human feelings, does not blulh And hang his head, to think himfelf a MAN ? I would not have a SLAVE to till my ground, To carry me", to fan me while I...fleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That finews bought and fold have ever earn'd. No! dear as FREEDOM is, and in my heart's Juft eftimation...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1800 - 364 pages
...feeing this^ And having human feelings, diies not blufli, And hang his head, to think himfelf a man ? I would not have a Have to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I fleep, And. tromble when I wake, for all the wealth That finews bought and. fold have ever earn'd. No i dear as...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No:...
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 12

1801 - 452 pages
...the book open, and thus the paragraph closes in his own peculiar style : — I would not have a SLAVE to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth, That sinews bought and sold have ever carn'd. No...
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man > I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, 3> And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd....
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds,...
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