 | James Ewell - Cooking - 1827 - 868 pages
...man 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 fan me while I sleep, And trembk when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. CowpEa. To mention... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? \ would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...seeing this. And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man 1I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earnVL. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price ; I had much... | |
 | Theodore Parker - Slavery - 1911 - 544 pages
...contains these words — my mother taught them to me when I was a little boy, and sat in her lap : — " 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 earned... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1911 - 552 pages
...contains these words — my mother taught them to me when I was a little boy, and sat in her lap : — " 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 earned... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1913 - 264 pages
...rooted mountain from its base, Than force the yoke of slavery upon men Determin'd to be free. Soufhey. I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. Cowper: Task. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are... | |
 | Amelia E. Barr - Austin (Tex.) - 1913 - 566 pages
...over him using an impossible whip, and there were four lines by Cowper underneath the two figures: "I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...the wealth That sinews bought and sold, have ever earned." At that time I had never seen a negro, and my sense of amazement, fright and repugnance was... | |
 | John Bartlett, Nathan Haskell Dole - Quotations - 1914 - 1514 pages
...interposed Make enemies of nations who had else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one. Line n. I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry rne, to fan me while I sleep And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold... | |
 | 1915 - 368 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...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. No ; dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much... | |
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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. 
