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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 Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1830 - 328 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 prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds,...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1830 - 328 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 Rise, Progress and Downfall of Aristocracy: Taken from Ancient and ...

William Mathers - Political science - 1831 - 214 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 eam'd. No:...
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Two Lettes to the Reverend Moses Stuart: On the Subject of Religious Liberty

Bernard Whitman - Calvinism - 1831 - 714 pages
...and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart ****** 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." Thus...
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The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected ..., Volume 38

Naval art and science - 1869 - 766 pages
...with the words of the poet, in which every one present would agree : — " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, To tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned." The...
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The National Orator;: Consisting of Selections, Adapted for Rhetorical ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not ha vo 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....
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 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 That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. No...
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The Poetic Reader: Containing Selections from the Most Approved Authors ...

Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 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, 30 And tremble, when I wake, for all the wealth, That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd....
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A Grammar of Elocution

Rev. Samuel Wood - 1833 - 224 pages
...speaker's feelings is the state of degradation in which he is retained. w 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. In...
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The Tourist: A Literary and Anti-slavery Journal, Volume 1

Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to thmk himself a man Ч I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when 1 wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No...
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