 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.  Poems - Page 30by William Cowper - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 490 pages
...with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ? and what r.ian seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush...man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, I'o carry me, to fan me while 1 sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth The sinews bought... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...bis sweat With stripes that mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast ! Then what is man ? And what man seeing this, And having...not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man ? / 1 would not have a slave to till my ground, ( To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, \ And tremble... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1819 - 306 pages
...stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees infiVted on a beast Then what is roan ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hung his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To ciirry me, to... | |
 | Henry Bradshaw Fearon - United States - 1819 - 478 pages
...sees inflicted on a beast. " Then what is man ? And what man seeing this, " And having humanfeelings, does not blush " And hang his head to think himself a man ?" LOUISVILLE. Louisville, at the falls of the Ohio, is daily becoming a most important town, being... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And...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 earn'd. No: dear... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...and destroys; And, worse than all, and most to be deplored Ai human nature's broadest, foulest blot, And having human feelings, does not blush, „ And...to till my ground. To carry me, to fan me while I sletp, . And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bonght and sold have ever earn'd.... | |
 | Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 pages
...his sweat With stripes, that Mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ! And what man seeing. this And having...not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man? 1 would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, .And tremble when... | |
 | English literature - 1820 - 344 pages
...arrogate to themselves the name of Christians, without exclaiming, -fhon what Is man ! And what Man toeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man. - This is alas ! no fictitious story, no " talc of other tim«s." COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF POST-LETTERS... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Anthologies - 1821 - 280 pages
...sweat With stripes, that mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. 4. Then what is man ! And what man seeing this, And having...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 earn'd. 5. No : dear... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...sweat D 2 With stripes, that mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And...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. No : dear... | |
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