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 47by William Cowper - 1788Full view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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