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" 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 earn'd. "
The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of ... - Page 109
by Thomas Clarkson - 1808
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The temple of Apollo, being a selection of the best poems, from the most ...

Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...eftimation ppiz'd above all price, I had much rather be myfelf the SLAVE, And wear the bonds, than faften them on him. We have no SLAVES at home — then why abroad ? And they themfelves once ferry'd o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. SLAVES cannot breathe...
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...sleep, 3> And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation...all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, 35 And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home. — Then why abroad ? And...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...earned. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's .30- -; THE TASK. BOOK. iIJust estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave,...Then why abroad? And they themselves once ferried over the wave, That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...bought and sold have ever earned. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave,...Then why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried over the wave, That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their...
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Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin

Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...all the wealth That pinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No: <!ear as freedom is, . I had tkiich rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. COWPER. THE The Labour of Idleness. — Day, a Pastoral. 89 THE LABOUR OF IDLENESS. THE wretch who...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...i'-l' ' And tremhle when I wake, for all the wealth, That sinews hought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd ahove all price, I had much rather he myself the slave, And wear the honds, than fasten them on him....
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1810 - 384 pages
...I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth, That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation...him. We have no slaves at home — >Then why abroad 1 And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave, That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves...
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The Task: A Poem. In Six Books

William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation...him. We have no slaves at home... .Then why abroad J And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves...
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The Task: A Poem in Six Books

William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No ; dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation...them on him. We have no slaves at home. ...Then why aboad ? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...estimation priz'dabove all price; : /.-::-. I had much rather be myself the-slavey ri i.. .;;•:;.. :ii: And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him, We have no slaves at home—then why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate...
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