 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...hope of abolishing slavery ? No : he would never give it up, but exclaim in the words of the poet, " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me when I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd."... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...seeing this, And paying human feelings, does not bltfsh", And hang his head, (o think himself a man ? 1 would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...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, than fasten them... | |
 | Richard SAMBLE, Mary Ann Hedge - 1823 - 206 pages
...follow him to the apartment of his lady, previously to her taking her morning airing. CHAPTER IX. " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd." COWPEK. FROM the reciprocation of the heart's best affections, which had marked the short period of... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1824 - 470 pages
...seeing this, And having 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...much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, then fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...seeing this, And having 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...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, than fasten them... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 pages
...seeing this, And having 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...dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, 1 had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them... | |
 | Andrew Reid (of London.) - 1824 - 274 pages
...may a double portion of his spirit rest on us, and may his prayers be answered. Amen. LETTER XXVII. I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No, I would rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...having pow'r T' enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. Cowper's Task, b. 2. . • I could endure Chains nowhere patiently ; and chains at home, Where I am... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To earry me, to fen me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all...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, tlum fasten them... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...seeing this, And having 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 ian me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have... | |
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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. 
