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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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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 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 'The sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. 3Vo...
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The Task: A Poem in Six Books

William Cowper - 1811 - 228 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 English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 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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Leisure Hours: Or, Poems, Moral, Religious, & Descriptive

Joshua Marsden - Poets - 1812 - 192 pages
...crowns of glory and immortal day. WEST-INDIA LOGIC, OR NEGROES HATE NO SOULS' 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 earned. No...
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A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America: And ..., Volume 2

David Benedict - Baptists - 1813 - 588 pages
...crown him with laurels, and let the milliou li.vten while he sings — • ' I would net have a slave to till my ground, * " To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, ' And tremble when I wafce, for all the wealth 1 That sinews bought and sold liuve ever earn'ii....
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A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America: And ..., Volume 2

David Benedict - Baptists - 1813 - 592 pages
...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 rat/ier be MYSELF the slave, •' \\f\ went-...
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Poems by William Cowper ...

William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 496 pages
...me, to fan me while i sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bonght and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Jnst estimation pria'd above all price, I had mnch rather be myself the slave,, And wear the bonds,...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1815 - 262 pages
...ground, To carry me, to fan, me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the vyealth That finews bought and fold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Juft eftimation priz'd above all price ! I had much rather be myfelf the flave, And wear, (he bonds, than...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1815 - 338 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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A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery, in the United States: With Reflections on ...

Jesse Torrey - Africa, West - 1817 - 126 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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