 | William E. Adams - 1903 - 388 pages
...that of New England itself. Emerson's " Boston Hymn " found a response in every workman's breast — Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the brim ! But who is owner? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him ! Ireland, however, stood on neutral... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 574 pages
...the captive, So only are ye unbound ; Lift up a people from the dust, Trump of their rescue, sound ! Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim."...owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. O North ! give him beauty for rags, And honor, O South ! for his shame ; Nevada ! coin thy golden crags... | |
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - 1904 - 58 pages
...captive, So only are ye unbound; Lift up a people from the dust, Trump of their rescue, sound 1 " ' Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim....owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him.' " ./Two years later he spoke on Lincoln's death terse, tender, golden words, which will be remembered... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 304 pages
...the captive, So only are ye unbound ; Lift up a people from the dust, Trump of their rescue, sound ! Pay ransom to the owner. And fill the bag to the brim....owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. O North ! give him beauty for rags, And honour, O South ! for his shame ; Nevada ! coin thy golden... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 676 pages
...the captive, So only are ye unbound; Lift up a people from the dust, Trump of their rescue, sound ! Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim....owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. O North! give him beauty for rags, And honor, O South! for his shame; Nevada! coin thy golden crags... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 672 pages
...unbound; Lift up a people from the dust, Trump of their rescue, sound ! Pay ransom to the owner And till the bag to the brim. Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. O North! give him beauty for rags, And honor, O South! for his shame; Nevada! coin thy golden crags... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1904 - 298 pages
...supported him in all other measures. Emerson wrote : — " Pay ransom to the owner, Ay, fill it up to the brim ! Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him." Certain Republican politicians who wanted a more vigorous prosecution of the war, started a movement... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1854 - 598 pages
...from the dust, Trump of their rescue, sound ! Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim.1 Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. O North ! give him beauty for rags, And honor, O South ! for his shame ; Nevada ! coin thy golden crags... | |
 | Josephine Miles - 1964 - 50 pages
...the captive, So only are ye unbound; Lift up a people from the dust, Trump of their rescue, sound! Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim....owner? The slave is owner. And ever was. Pay him. Emerson has said, "I compared notes with one of my friends who expects everything of the universe and... | |
 | James A. Emanuel, Theodore L. Gross - 1968 - 632 pages
...he scornfully rejected his earlier opinion that the planters should be reimbursed for their slaves. Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim....owner? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. Once Emerson had felt that as much as he hated slavery his own responsibility was "to quite other slaves... | |
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Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim. Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. 
