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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. "
The Poems of William Cowper - Page 183
by William Cowper - 1828 - 427 pages
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Murray's English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the ...

Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...abroad 1 And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6. Slaves cannot breathe in .England : if their lungs...ev'ry vein Of all your empire : that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. COWPKR. *• ' CHAPTER IV. SECTION 1. The morning inrimmer....
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces of Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...why abroad ? And they themselves OHCC ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs...ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. — COVVTER, CHAP. IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION I....
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Hints to Parents ...: No. I[-VI], Issues 1-6

Education - 1825 - 498 pages
...why abroad? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...ev'ry vein Of all your empire, that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." There is no feeling of the heart that is more acceptable...
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The Task

William Cowper - English poetry - 1825 - 248 pages
...why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...blessing. 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....
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The Scrap-book, Or, A Selection of Interesting and Authentic Anecdotes

Anecdotes - 1825 - 188 pages
...in claiming as an ancestor, than the man to whom we owe our power of repeating with truth. 121 > " Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...They touch our country, and their shackles fall." QUEEN CHARLOTTE. MANY unostentatious acts of humanity and benevolence are related of her late Majesty,...
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Hints to Parents: In Two Parts

Child development - 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...blessing. 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."...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 286 pages
...abroad .' And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6 Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs...ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. — COWTKR. CHAPTER IV. CESCHXPSIVl! 2SEC2ES. SECTION...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 268 pages
...themselves once ferried o'er the ware That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe ii. England : if their lungs Receive our air, that moment...ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power h felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. CHAP. IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION I. The morning...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...wave That 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...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 too. Sure there...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...wave That 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...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 too. Sure there...
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