 Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.  The Quarterly Review - Pagina 117geredigeerd door - 1819Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pagina’s
...as, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves caunot hreathe in England; if their lungs THE TIME-PIECE. f7 Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That is nohle, and hespeaks a nation proad And jealous of the hlessing. Spread it Ihen, And let it... | |
 | 1819 - 596 pagina’s
...England, as he never fails to do when he imagines that he has any thmg to produce to her disadvantage, with that of the United States on this subject: —...And jealous of the blessing.' Of this, however, Mr. Feajon knows nothing — he found it not in the enlightened pages of the Examiner and the Black Dwarf;... | |
 | 1819 - 576 pagina’s
...whatever are the defects of our Constitution in principle or in practice, thanks be to God — • Slaves cannot breathe in England — if their lungs...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing." What are the friends of God and man in America doing, that with stern countenance and unremitting energy,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 pagina’s
...abroad ? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive...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... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 pagina’s
...themselves once ferried o'er the waves That part us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breath in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that...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 power... | |
 | 1819 - 594 pagina’s
...And whatever are tlie defects of our Constitution in principle or in practice, thanks bo to God — ' Slaves cannot breathe in England — if their lungs...Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They roucli our country, aim their shackle^ full ;• That's noble — and bespeaks a nation pioud And jealous... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pagina’s
...abroad ? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and Itos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire. That where Britain's power Is felt, mankind... | |
 | Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 pagina’s
...why abroad? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive...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 power... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pagina’s
...they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Staves caunot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air,...shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation prond And ;ealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate throngh every vein Of all your... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pagina’s
...abroad ? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive...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... | |
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