 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 - 1821 - 556 pagina’s
...why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pagina’s
...themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and l<> is'd. Slaves cannot Ijreathe 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 Britian's power... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pagina’s
...and loos'd. 6. Slaves connot breathe in England : if their lungs Receive our air, that moment thfy are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble and bespeaks a nation proud CHAPTER IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION I. . The morning in summer. 1. THE meek-ey'd morn appears,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 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 our air, that moment they ;ire free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 562 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...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pagina’s
...abroad? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. , 6. 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 througn ev'ry vein Of all your empire: that where Britain's power... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pagina’s
...why abroad? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...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... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1822 - 572 pagina’s
...? . v "]) 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...They touch our country, and their shackles fall." ' In Mr. Curran's defence of Hamilton Rowan, accused of the publication of a seditious libel, there... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 pagina’s
...ferried o-er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe IT England : ii" their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles tall. That's noble, and betpeafe* a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pagina’s
...why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; 16 182 THE AMERICAN [Lesso* They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks... | |
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