 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 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,...all the wealth That sinews 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... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 562 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,...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1822 - 258 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,...dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them... | |
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...in the words of the poet, " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me when I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd." IMPROVISATORI. The gift of extemporaneous versifying seems confined to the south of Europe. It is indeed... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...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 wca.t" That sinews bought and sold have e irer earn 1 5. No: dear as freedom is, and in rr.y heart's... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...And hang his head, (o 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,...dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them... | |
 | Richard SAMBLE, Mary Ann Hedge - 1823 - 206 pages
...her taking her morning airing. CHAPTER IX. " 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." COWPEK. FROM the reciprocation of the heart's best affections, which had marked the short period of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...hang his head, to think himself a man? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to ian me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all...Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, then fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 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,...dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, 1 had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 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,...dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them... | |
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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. 
