 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - Quakers - 1891 - 900 pages
...far different attitude from what it was when Emerson sang: "Pay ransom to the owner , And fill his bag to the brim; . Who is the owner? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him !" It is a far different attitude from what it was when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation,... | |
 | 1862 - 970 pages
...compensation the rightful owner will not be overlooked. As Emerson says : v Pay ransom to the owner. And All the bag to the brim. Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. /"ay Aim." We earnestly trust the time for compensation is not yet past ; that of retribution has been,... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1863 - 780 pages
...labour and sweat, Ho goes in pawn to his victim, For eternal years in debt. 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. O North 1 give him beauty for rags, And honour, O South ! for his shame ; Nevada I coin thy golden crags With... | |
 | Eliza Wigham - Antislavery movements - 1863 - 180 pages
...owner will not be overlooked. For surely Justice says, with Emerson, — " 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" We earnestly trust the time for compensation is not yet past ; that of retribution has been, is now,... | |
 | Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...He goes in pawn to his victim For eternal years in debt. Pay ranson to the owner, And fill the bug to the brim. Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. О North 1 give him beauty for rags, And honor, О South ! for his shame! Nevada ! coin thy golden... | |
 | Frank Moore - History - 1864 - 354 pages
...labor and sweat, He goes in pawn to his victim For eternal years in debt. Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the brim ! Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay Mm ! O North ! give him beauty for rags, And honor, O South ! for his shame ; Nevada ! coin thy golden... | |
 | Richard Grant White - American poetry - 1866 - 368 pages
...labor and sweat, He goes in pawn to his victim For eternal years in debt. 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 ! Nevada ! coin thy golden crags With Freedom's image and name. Up ! and the dusky race That sat in... | |
 | Literature - 1868 - 978 pages
...labor and sweat, He goes in pawn to his victim For eternal years in debt. 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 ! 0 North ! give him beauty for rags, ' And honor, 0 South ! for his shame ; Nevada ! coin thy golden... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...ye unbound ; Lift up a people from the dust, Tramp of their rescue, sound ! Pay ransom to the owner. SHE SHELLEY. HARK, HARK! THE LARK — HAUK, hark ! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Ph 0 North ! give him beauty for rags, And honor, 0 South ! for his shame ; Nevada ! coin thy gold™... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. О North ! give him beauty for rags, And honor, 0 Bryant lie swift their feet as antelopes, And as behemoth strong. Come, East and West and North, By races,... | |
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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. 
