 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush. And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me, while I sleep, 30 And tremble, when I wake, for all the wealth, That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No ;... | |
 | Rev. Samuel Wood - 1833 - 224 pages
...and how abhorrent to the speaker's feelings is the state of degradation in which he is retained. w I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. In the following passage the word Clodius has the rising circumflex to express irony ; for... | |
 | 1833 - 370 pages
...seeing this. And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to thmk himself a man Ч I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when 1 wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and... | |
 | 1834 - 264 pages
...man seeing this, And having human feelings does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned." Some idea of the extent to which this iniquitous traffic was carried, may be formed from the number... | |
 | Amelia E. Barr - 1913 - 566 pages
...over him using an impossible whip, and there were four lines by Cowper underneath the two figures: "I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...wealth That sinews bought and sold, have ever earned." At that time I had never seen a negro, and my sense of amazement, fright and repugnance was so great,... | |
 | 1913 - 264 pages
...rooted mountain from its base, Than force the yoke of slavery upon men Determin'd to be free. Soufhey. I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. Cowper: Task. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment... | |
 | John Bartlett, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1914 - 1514 pages
...kindred drops, been mingled into one. Line n. I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry rne, to fan me while I sleep And tremble when I wake, for...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. Line 29. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they... | |
 | 1915 - 368 pages
...seeing this. And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. — WILLIAM COWPEB, "Slavery" "HE'S ONE WHOM HIS MAKER YET OWNS!" /,< it nothing to you, all ye that... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 852 pages
...himself a man? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while 1 sleep, 30 ny 1 had much rather be myself the slave 35 And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 854 pages
...man seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, 30 And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. No: dear... | |
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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 earned. 
