 As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast...  The Task, and Other Poems - Page 30by William Cowper - 1831 - 179 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 308 pages
...all, and most to be deplorM, As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, ami exacts his sweat With stripes, that mercy, with a...bleeding heart. Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. 4. Then what is man ! And what man seeing this, And having Tmman feelings, does not blush And hang... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1827 - 384 pages
...could we hear and understand the simple history of every smiler there, we should go home and shudder. ' Then what is man ? and what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head to think himself a man ? ' " Scenes and Impressions, pp. 172, 3.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 262 pages
...sweat With stripes, that mercy, vt t1* a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicUxI on a beast. 4 Then what is man ! And what man seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...one. " Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; And, worse than all, and most to be deplor'd As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him,...bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ? and what man seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroy* ; And, worse than all, and most to be deplored, As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him,...bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ? and what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...had else As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat 20 With stripes, that Mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this. And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...had else 15 Like kindred drops been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat '20 With stripes, that Mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; And worse than all, and most to be deplor'd, As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweatWith stripes, that rnercy," with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast Then... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...sweat 20 With stripes, that Mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? 25 I would not have a slave to till my... | |
 | Baptists - 1828 - 648 pages
...lashes in the morning, and was condemned to lie there till evening, when he was to have fifty more ! ' Then what is man ? And what man seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blnsh And hang his bead, to think himself a man ?' While here, Mr. Jeffereys visited a Catholic... | |
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