 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 - Pàgina 47per William Cowper - 1788Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 pàgines
...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. COWPER. THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Ah, little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, pow'r,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 pàgines
...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. — COWPER, CHAP. IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION I. The morning in summer. THE nieek-ey'd morn appears,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pàgines
...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pàgines
...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 empire; that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse Benevolence,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pàgines
...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 empire; that where Britian's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. COWPEB. CHAP~7v. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 562 pàgines
...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 empire ; that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse, Benevolence,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 pàgines
...betpeafe* a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'iy vein Of all your empire : that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. COVM? CHAPTER IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION I. The morning in tuminer, The meek-ey'd morn uppi urs,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pàgines
...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. LESSON LXXVII. The Same Subject. — MONTGOMERY. THE broken heart, which kindness never heals, The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1824 - 326 pàgines
...COMMODORE SIR O. COLLIER, ETC. -Let freedom spread, And let it circulate through every vein Of alt your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." FORT Apollonia is situated on the western boundary of the company's settlements, and is one of the... | |
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