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" Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate... "
Poems - Page 47
by William Cowper - 1788
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A Treatise on the capability of our Eastern possessions to produce those ...

John Jackson (of Hull.) - China - 1829 - 52 pages
...country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy. too." 22 there, and take the oversight of an indigo manufactory belonging to Mr. U. Dr. Carey set off on...
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The Christian's sketch book

Jabez Burns - 1829 - 378 pages
...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing, Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire, that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Cowper. VICE AND VIRTUE. FOOLS but too oft into the notion fall, That Vice or Virtue there is none...
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Moral and sacred poetry, selected by T. Willcocks and T. Horton

Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pages
...hespeaks a nation prond And jealous of the hlessing. Spread it then, And let it cireulate through every vein Of all your empire : that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her merey too. TЦЕ NEGRO'S DEPARTURE FROM AFRICA. 8HENSTOHE. ON the wild heath in mournful goise he stood...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power...mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse, Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, Between the nations in a world that seems...
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India's Cries to British Humanity: Relative to Suttee, Infanticide, British ...

James Peggs - Hindu ethics - 1830 - 556 pages
...the sentiment of the Poet be regarded : — • Spread it then ; And let it circulate through every vein Of all your Empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too !" COWPEE. y. = < a o « K K = Q (H a o K « -£ t; O BOOK III. BRITISH CONNEXION WITH IDOLATRY. CHAP....
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Select British Poets: Containing the Works of Goldsmith, Thomson, Gray ...

Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...country, and their shackles fall. That 's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empiie ; that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...where Britain's power Is felt mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse, Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, Between the nations in a world that seems To toll the deathbell of its own decease, And by the voice of all its elements To preach the...
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The Rise, Progress and Downfall of Aristocracy: Taken from Ancient and ...

William Mathers - Political science - 1831 - 214 pages
...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, , And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too ! COWPER'S TASK. The following is an extract from the Rev. Mr. Newton'f 'Thoughts on the African Slave...
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The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never ...

William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vain Of all your empire ; that, where Briton's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse, Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, Between the nations in a world, that seems...
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The National Orator;: Consisting of Selections, Adapted for Rhetorical ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. XXX. CHRISTIANITY THE FOUNDATION OF THE LAV. Extract from Mr. Erskine's Speech on the trial of Williams,...
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