 Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs 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...  Poems - Σελίδα 43των William Cowper - 1786Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Esther Copley - 1836 - 814 σελίδες
...bespeaks a nation prond And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire. That where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." Happily, this apostrophe is now realized. •' Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 σελίδες
...nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein 45 Of all your empire ! that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. / v ' Sure there is need of social intercourse, Benevolence and peace and mutual aid Between the nations,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 206 σελίδες
...it, then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire : that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse, Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, He twee n the nations, in a world that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 σελίδες
...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 ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse, Benevolence,... | |
 | English baptists - 1881 - 248 σελίδες
...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 Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." But this decision of the Judges did not abolish the African Slave Trade. Three centuries ago the Spaniards... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1881 - 510 σελίδες
...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 Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. 1 ADDEESS TO WINTEll. Thy scattered hair with sheet-like ashes filled, Thy breath congealed upon thy... | |
 | Theodore Percival Wilson - 1881 - 468 σελίδες
...proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it, then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all our empire, that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.' " Still, we could hold, and did hold, slaves to a large extent in some of our colonies. Now the great... | |
 | William Cowper (the Poet.) - 1883 - 294 σελίδες
...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 Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. The Task, Book II. Heaven speed the canvas, gallantly unfurled To furnish and accommodate a world,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1883 - 232 σελίδες
...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 Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. 3. In the latter part of the reign of George III., a noble band of men, at the head of whom were Wilberforce... | |
 | Approved poetry - 1884 - 114 σελίδες
...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 Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. • (47) — Cowper. HELVELLYN. I CLIMBED the dark brow of the mighty Helvellyn, Lakes and mountains... | |
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