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. "Liberty." - Page 97by Julius Rubens Ames - 1839 - 141 pagesFull view - About this book
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 pages
...wotild not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sfeep, And tremble when 1 wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. 5. No : dear as freedom is. and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd abo\e all price; J had much rather... | |
| William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...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 tremble when I wake,...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... | |
| Thomas Clarkson - 1830 - 240 pages
...to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me to fan me while 1 sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'iJNo : dear as freedom iť. and in my heart's Just estimation prir d above aH price, I had much... | |
| William Mathers - 1831 - 214 pages
...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 tremble when I wake,...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever eam'd. No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much... | |
| Bernard Whitman - 1831 - 714 pages
...stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart ****** I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake,...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned." Thus feel and think, also, the New Englanders. How many thousand times have I repeated these... | |
| William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pages
...himself a man? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, 30 And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earu'd. No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, 1 had much... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not ha vo a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake,...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... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...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 tremble when I wake,...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... | |
| Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me, while I sleep, 30 And tremble, when I wake, for all the wealth, That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No ; duar as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation, priz'd above all price, I would much rather... | |
| Rev. Samuel Wood - 1833 - 224 pages
...state of degradation in which he is retained. w I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake,...wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. In the following passage the word Clodius has the rising circumflex to express irony ; for Ciceco does... | |
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