 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 262 Seiten
...rather be myfelf the flave, And wear, (he bonds, than faften them on liim. have no llaves at Rome ; then why abroad? And they themfelves once ferried...noble, and befpeaks a nation proud And jealous of the bleffing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire : that where Britain's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 Seiten
...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...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,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 Seiten
...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 touch our .country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 Seiten
...bonds, that fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home ; then why abroad ?, And (hey themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate...they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation prood And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then,... | |
 | Richard Esmond Comerford - 1817 - 152 Seiten
...western field ; * Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instaotis Tyranni Monte quatit solida. -]- Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...moment they are free, They touch our Country, and their shackles fall. £ " And this spirit of liberty is so deeply implanted in our Constitution, and rooted... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 Seiten
...as, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves caunot hreathe in England; if their lungs THE TIME-PIECE. f7 Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That is nohle, and hespeaks a nation proad And jealous of the hlessing. Spread it Ihen,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 Seiten
...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...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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1819 - 306 Seiten
...fasten them on him. We huve no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And they themselves once feriied o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd....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,... | |
 | 1819 - 576 Seiten
...whatever are the defects of our Constitution in principle or in practice, thanks be to God — • Slaves cannot breathe in England — if their lungs...they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall ; That's noble— and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing." What are... | |
 | 1819 - 596 Seiten
...disadvantage, with that of the United States on this subject: — it might have occurred to him that — ' Slaves cannot breathe in England: — if their lungs...they are free! They touch our country — and their shackles fall. That's noble! and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing.' Of this, however,... | |
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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. 
