 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 - Page 47by William Cowper - 1788Full view - About this book
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...ferry'd o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. SLAVES cannot breathe in EN GLAND; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are...ev'ry vein Of all your empire. That where BRITAIN'S pow'r PITY. T-TAIL, lovely pow'r ! whofe bofom heaves a figh, When fancy paints the fcene of deep diftrefs... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 364 pages
...their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our countryi and their fliackles fall. That's noble, and befpeaks a nation proud And...ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's pow'f Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of focial Intercourfe, Benevolence,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...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 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, Benevolence,... | |
 | John Hollis - Revelation - 1801 - 224 pages
...good fpecimen of Mr. Cowper's writing, and. likewife of his-, religious fentiments : 0-4, " Sine " Sure there is need of focial intercourfe, " Benevolence...by the voice of all its elements, " To preach the general doom. When were the winds " Let flip with fuch a warrant to deftroy * ? " When did the waves... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...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, Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, Between the nations, in a world that seems... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 364 pages
...befpeaks a nation proud And jealous of the bleffing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power...And by the voice of all its elements To preach the general doom*. When were the winds Let flip with iuch a warrant to deftroy ? When did the waves fo... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...it then, And let it circulate through every vein 40 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, Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, Between the nations, in a world that seems... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 362 pages
...have no flaves at home — Then why abroad ? And they themfelves, once ferried o'er the wave That pans us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe...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 focial intercourfe, Benevolence,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 386 pages
...befpeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blefling. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire) that where Britain's power...And by the voice of all its elements To preach the general doom*. When were the winds . Let flip with fuch a warrant to deftroy ? ' When did the waves... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 366 pages
...befpeaks a nation proud And jealous of the bleffing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power...by the voice of all its elements , * To preach the general doom *. When- were the winds Let flip with fuch a warrant to deftroy? When did the waves fo... | |
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