 Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.  Poems, - Página 41por William Cowper - 1803 - 363 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 páginas
...why abroad ? And they themtelves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...; They touch our country, and their fhackles fall. That's noble, and bef peaks a nation proud And je:ilous of the blefsing. Spread it then, And let it... | |
 | 1810 - 558 páginas
...he (reads the soil of this favoured country } for ever fled from amongst us ? The poet tells us, " Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...they are free ; " They touch our country, and their shackles fall." The peculiar appearance of this woman at once fixes our attention, and suggests a query... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 páginas
...why abroad? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...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,... | |
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 páginas
...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...free; They touch our country, and their fhackles fall. That's noble, and befpeaks a nation proud And jealous of the bleffing. Spread it, then, And let it... | |
 | 1801 - 452 páginas
...abroad ? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England, if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They toucn our country, and their shackles lall. That's noble ' and bespeaks a nation proud • . And jealoui... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 páginas
...the wave That parts us, arc emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their luiis;* 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 364 páginas
...abroad ? And they themfelves once ferried over the wave. That parts us, are emancipate and loofed_ Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...noble, and 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 páginas
...abroad ? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...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,... | |
 | 1802 - 302 páginas
...wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs 40 Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fatli That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 362 páginas
...why abroad ? And they themfelves, once ferried o'er the wave That pans us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...; They touch our country, and their fhackles fall. That's noble, and befpeaks a nation proud And jealous of the bleffing. Spread it then, And let it circulate... | |
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