 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
 | 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 - 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 - 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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 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 'il. No: dear... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 pages
...mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ! And wlwt man seeing this, And having human feelings, does not...hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not h:ive a slave to till my ground,. To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 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 human feelings does not blusii And hang his head, to think himself a man ? 1 would nut have a slave to till my ground, To carry... | |
 | 1821 - 524 pages
...have the effrontery to boast that we are a just) peaceable and magnanimous nation ! " Then what i> man ? And what man seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang hu head, to think himself a man :-" KENTUCKY PEACE ASSOCIATION. From the Lexington (Ken.) Monitoi'.... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 562 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 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...ground, • To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wca.t" That sinews bought and sold have e irer earn 1 5. No: dear... | |
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...hope of abolishing slavery ? No : he would never give it up, but exclaim in the words of the poet, " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me when I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd."... | |
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