 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...in its native land. L. SLAVE TRADE. " Slavts cannot breathe In England ;~if their laagi Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country,...vein Of all your empire, — that where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." COWPKR. THERE was a time when slavery was the common... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. .Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country,...blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Ot all your empire ; that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...sacred genius thou. Dyer's Ruins of Rome. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Cowper's Task, b. 2. Liberty, like day, Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from heav'n Fires all the... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...circulate through every vein Of all your empire; that, where "Britain's power Is felt, mankind may fed her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse....and mutual aid, Between the nations in a world that seems To toll the death-bell of its own decease And by the voice of all its elements To preach the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 248 pages
...That parts us are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country,...and mutual aid Between the nations in a world, that seems To toll the death-bell of its own decease, And by the voice of all its elements To preach the... | |
 | 1825 - 90 pages
...free ; They touch our Country, and their shackles fall. * Life of Granville Sharp, by Prince Hoar. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." There is no feeling of the heart that is more acceptable to God, than an ardent love to all mankind,... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 316 pages
...parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6. Slaves cannot breathe in .England : if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country,...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 - 1825 - 270 pages
...parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country,...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.... | |
 | 1825 - 498 pages
...parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our Country,...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 - 1826 - 504 pages
...cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch oar country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and...and mutual aid, Between the nations in a world, that seems To toll the deathbell of its own decease, And by the voice of all its elements To preach the... | |
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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... 
