 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...  The Task: In Six Books - Page 36by William Cowper - 1836 - 172 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 pages
...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 through every vein 45 Of all your empire ! that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there... | |
 | George Thompson, William Lloyd Garrison - 1836 - 202 pages
...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 through every vein t Of all our empire, that when Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.' (Immense cheering.)... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 264 pages
...why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 264 pages
...free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud 0 And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...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 through ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...moment they arc free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That 's noble, and bespeaks by the river Tweed ; " " Then cease your sports," Earl power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. WILLIAM COWPER. BATTLE-HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC. MINE eyes... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 604 pages
...their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread on, then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire, that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." It was in this Compter that Boyse, a true type of the... | |
 | English baptists - 1881 - 248 pages
...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...every vein Of all your Empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." But this decision of the Judges did not abolish the... | |
 | S. E. Thomas - 1881 - 504 pages
...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...every vein Of all your Empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." This sentiment was uppermost in the minds of the leaders... | |
 | William Cowper - 1881 - 562 pages
...Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there...intercourse, Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, Between the nations in a world that seems To toll the death-bell of its own decease, And by the voice... | |
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