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" I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. "
The Task: In Six Books - Page 36
by William Cowper - 1836 - 172 pages
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The Task: A Poem in Six Books

William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth...dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I. had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth...a^s freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price; I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them...
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Leisure Hours: Or, Poems, Moral, Religious, & Descriptive

Joshua Marsden - Poets - 1812 - 192 pages
...OR NEGROES HATE NO SOULS' I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have. ever earned. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much...
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A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America: And ..., Volume 2

David Benedict - Baptists - 1813 - 592 pages
...while he sings — " I would not have a slave to till my ground, " To carry ire, to fan me while I sleep, " And tremble, when I wake, for all the wealth...as freedom is, and in my heart's " Just estimation priz'd above all price, " I had much rat/ier be MYSELF the slave, •' \\f\ went- the bonds, thaii...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To earry me,, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'dNo : dear as freedom is, and in ny heart's . SECTION III. The Rose. T wiT v.ad bee" Wash'd' latel-v...
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Poems by William Cowper ...

William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 496 pages
...to think himself a man ? I wonld not have a slave to till my gronnd, To carry me, to fan me while i sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bonght and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Jnst estimation pria'd...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to titl my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth,...dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1815 - 262 pages
...to fan, me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the vyealth That finews bought and fold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Juft eftimation priz'd above all price ! I had much rather be myfelf the flave, And wear, (he bonds,...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...man? I would not have a slave to till ray ground, To carry. me, to fan me while I sleep, And trunble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought...dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price ;• N CHAP. IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. 205 I had much rather be myself the slave,...
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A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery, in the United States: With Reflections on ...

Jesse Torrey - Africa, West - 1817 - 126 pages
...to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth...dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price ; I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them...
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