 As human Nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast.  Poems - Page 40by William Cowper - 1800Full view - About this book
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains iiaterpos'd, Make enemies of nations, who had else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; And worse than all, and most to be deplor'd, As human Nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interpos'd Make enemies of nations, who had else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; And,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...his own; .ind having pow'r Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. Lapds intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interpos'd, Make enemies of nations, who had else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one. TWis man dt-votes his brother, and destroys ^. And... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1815 - 262 pages
...bya narrow frith Abhor each other. ^Mountains interpos'd", Make enemies of nations, wh6 had elle,' Like kindred drops, been mingled into one. Thus man...and deftroys ; And worfe than all, and moft to be deploi'd, As human nature's broadefl, fouleft blot, Chains him, and t.ifks him, and exacts his fweat... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...wrong, for such a worthy causa Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interpos'd Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; And, worse... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Africa, West - 1817 - 126 pages
...intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed, Make enemies of nations, who had else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; And worse than all, and most to be deplor'd As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains... | |
 | Daniel Staniford - Elocution - 1817 - 256 pages
...wrong, for such a worthy cause. Hooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. Lands intersected by a narrow frith, Abhor each other. Mountains interpos'd, Make enemies of nations : who had else, Bike kindred crops, been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys; A nd,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 248 pages
...wrong, for such a W'orthy cause Dooms and devotes him as a lawful prey. Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interpos'd Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one. Thus man devotes bis brother, and destroys ; And, worse... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interpos'd, Makes enemies of nations, who had else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; And worse than all, and most to be deplor'd, As human Nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...wrong, for such a worthy cause, Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey ! Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains- interpos'd Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; And, worse... | |
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