 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 Task: A Poem - Page 49by William Cowper - 1878 - 263 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 pages
...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then 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 Receive our air, that moment they are free... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 278 pages
...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 Receive our air, that moment they ;ire free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home ; then why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and l<> is'd. Slaves cannot Ijreathe in England : if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — Then 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 Receive our air, that moment they are free... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...ferried o-er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe IT England : ii" their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles tall. That's noble, and betpeafe* a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Bibliography - 1822 - 572 pages
...slave-trade, and speaks as follows: ' " We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? . v "]) 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 Receive our air, that moment they are free;... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. * We have no slaves at home — then why 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 Receive our air, that moment they are... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 562 pages
...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — Then 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 Receive our air, that moment they are free... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts...lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; 16 182 THE AMERICAN [Lesso* They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks... | |
 | Andrew Reid (of London.) - 1824 - 274 pages
...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home, — then why abroad ? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts..., They touch our country, and their shackles fall. COWPEH. Edinburgh, 2ith July, 1323 SLAVERY, horrific name ! torn from kindred and country, forced by... | |
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