 Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate...  Poems - Page 37by William Cowper - 1802Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...it, then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein 45 Of all your empire : that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse, Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, Between the nations, in a world that seems... | |
 | 1876 - 516 pages
...may communicate to other lands and peoples that precious gospel which has made us what we are, and that "where Britain's power is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." On this day, May 9th, we passed near to Pantallaria, which belongs to Sicily, and is a penal settlement.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 pages
...it, then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein 45 Of all your empire : that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse, Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, Between the nations, in a world that seems... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1842 - 262 pages
...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 Is felt, mankind may fell her mercy too. • CHAPTER IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION I. The Morning in Summer. The meek-ey'd... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...country, and their shackles fall. That is noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. BELIEF IN GOD. HAPPY the man who sees a God employed In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Resolving... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 328 pages
...country and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it, then, And let it circulate through every...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. COWPER. PART IT. THE PRAIRIE ON FIRE. [J. FENIMORE COOPEH, the most celebrated and the most voluminous... | |
 | Readers - 1878 - 446 pages
...country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it, then, And let it circulate through every...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. MY MOTHER'S PICTURE. O that those lips had language! Life has pass'd With me but roughly, since I heard... | |
 | Imperial pocket reader - 1878 - 202 pages
...country and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. THE FATHERLAND. WHERE is the true man's fatherland ? Is it where he by chance is bom ? Doth not the... | |
 | London readers - 1878 - 296 pages
...co.untry and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Cowper. ADAEE. OH, sweet Adare ! oh, lovely vale ! Oh, soft retreat of sylvan splendour ! Nor summer... | |
 | William Cowper - 1879 - 688 pages
...country and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every...your empire ! that where Britain's power Is felt, mankmd may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse, Benevolence and peace and... | |
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