 | Maria J. Falco - 2010 - 250 pages
...poignant passage from William Cowper's poem, "The Task," popular with the contemporary reading public: I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when 1 wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No: dear as freedom is, and... | |
 | Dorothy Sterling - 1999 - 244 pages
...moral. Lucretia's favorite was William Cowper. When, with flashing eyes and ringing voice, she recited: "I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the gold That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. No; dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation,... | |
 | Catherine Hall - 2002 - 584 pages
...sadly kneeling and others working in the background under the overseers' whip. Cowper was quoted below: I would not have a Slave to till my ground, To carry...wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. We have no slaves at home - why then abroad? This was followed by a poem in the voice of an enslaved... | |
 | Marcus Wood - 2003 - 772 pages
...Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man? And what man seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head to think...To carry me, to fan me while I sleep. And tremble while I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No: dear as freedom... | |
 | William Cowper - 2003 - 124 pages
...Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think...till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, 30 And tremble when 1 wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No: dear... | |
 | Emily Auerbach - 2004 - 364 pages
...on a beast." Cowper's words are strong: Then what is man? And what man seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. Cowper concludes, "We have no slaves at home.—Then why abroad?" a question which goes as... | |
 | Sally Ledger - 2007 - 19 pages
...modulates from the " Portentous, unexampled, unexplain'd ! • What'inaii seeing: this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? — i I cannot rest A silent witness of the headlong rage, Or heedless folly; by which thousands die Bleed... | |
 | Thomas F. Bonnell - 2008 - 403 pages
...Weqss when she sees inflicted on J beast* Then what is man ? and what mnn seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think: himself a man ? t would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while 1 sleep. And tremble when... | |
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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. 
