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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... "
The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice ... - Page 127
by William Cowper - 1855
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...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,...blessing. Spread it, then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein 45 Of all your empire : that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1826 - 286 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....
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1826 - 224 pages
...breathe in England: if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our count.-y, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks...blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev ry vein I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry

Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 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,...fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealoift of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein , Of all your empire...
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The Poetical Melange

1828 - 814 pages
...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,...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy to. Cowper. IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. Thp grave is not a place of rest, Where grief can never win a...
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Memoirs of Granville Sharp, Esq, Volume 1

Prince Hoare - 1828 - 456 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,...every vein Of all your empire, that where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too!'1 Page 138 (note). " last edition of his Commentaries."...
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An Illustration of the Principles of Elocution ...

William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 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....
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The Poems of William Cowper

William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...parts us, are emancipate and lops'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 pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too....
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Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery as Applied in Reading and ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 pages
...free ; They touch our county, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud 40 And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Cowpcr. 71. Irruption of Hyder AH. When at length Hyder Ali found that he had to do with men who either...
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The Christian's sketch book

Jabez Burns - 1829 - 378 pages
...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,...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Cowper. VICE AND VIRTUE. FOOLS but too oft into the notion fall, That Vice or Virtue there is none...
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