 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...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 The sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom, is, and in my heart's Just estimation... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 490 pages
...till my ground, I'o carry me, to fan me while 1 sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth The sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and ia my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price ; Oooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. 1... | |
 | Baptists - 1819 - 576 pages
...department» •«-*NEGRO SLAVERY. * I would not have a slave to till my ground, — — • — — — for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd ; I would much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on htm." Cawper. IN... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1820 - 190 pages
...love for me ! THBI.WALL. AGAINST SLAVERY. I WOULD not have a slave to till my ground, To earry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake,...dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized beyond all price ; I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...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,...earn'd. No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Juat estimation priz'd above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds,... | |
 | Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 pages
...And hang his head, to think himself a man? 1 would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, .And tremble when I wake,...earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's J ust estimation, prized above all price ; 72 I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...carry me, to fan me while I sletp, . And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bonght and sold have ever earn'd. !No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priaed above nll price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while 1 sleep, A '.id tremble when I wake, fur all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever...Just estimation priz'd above all price ; I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Anthologies - 1821 - 280 pages
...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,...wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. 5. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price ; I had much rather... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...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,...the wealth, That sinews bought and sold have ever earn 'il. No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much... | |
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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. 
