 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.  Poems - Page 36by William Cowper - 1802Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 pages
...human feelings, does not blush. And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me, while I sleep, 30 And tremble, when I wake, for all the wealth, That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to thmk himself a man Ч I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when 1 wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No... | |
 | Rev. Samuel Wood - 1833 - 224 pages
...speaker's feelings is the state of degradation in which he is retained. w 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. In... | |
 | 1834 - 264 pages
...human feelings does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man ? 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." Some... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 382 pages
...and borrow the muse of Cowper to convey our meaning and our wishes. '•' 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. No... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? 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. No... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, 30 And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, 30 And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.... | |
 | Frederick Freeman - African Americans - 1836 - 380 pages
...to do with slaves. I can adopt Cowper's declaration with all sincerity : " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when \ wake, fur all the wealth That sinews bought nnd sold have ever earn'd. ISo... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 pages
...human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man ? 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. No... | |
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