 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 through every vein Of all your empire ! that, where...  The Poems of William Cowper - Page 265by William Cowper - 1905 - 741 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England; If their longs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They...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.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...the wave, That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They...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.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1815 - 262 pages
...country, and their fhackles fall. That's noble, and befpeaks a nation proud And jealous of the bleffing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. OOWPER. CHAP. IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION I. The Morning in Summer, THE meek-ey'd morn appears,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They...shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation prood And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of oil your... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...the waves That part us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breath in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They...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.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...the wave That 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...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.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1819 - 592 pages
...subject: — it might have occurred to him that— ' Slaves cannot breathe in England: — if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free! They touch...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing.' Of this, however, Mr. Fearon knows nothing — he found it not in the enlightened pages of the Examiner... | |
 | 1819 - 596 pages
...subject: — it might have occurred to him that — ' Slaves cannot breathe in England: — if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free! They touch...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing.' Of this, however, Mr. Feajon knows nothing — he found it not in the enlightened pages of the Examiner... | |
 | Baptists - 1819 - 576 pages
...principle or in practice, thanks be to God — • Slaves cannot breathe in England — if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing." What are the friends of God and man in America doing, that with stern countenance and unremitting energy,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...Itos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; And let it circulate through every vein Of all your...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Cffivper. 5. — That Philosophy, which slops at Secondary Causes, reproved. Resolving all events,... | |
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