O'er the raging billows borne. Men from England bought and sold me, Paid my price in paltry gold ; But, though slave they have enrolled me, Minds are never to be sold. Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights, I ask, Me from my delights... Poems - Side 309av William Cowper - 1810Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| William Cowper - 1818 - 448 sider
...profession ; Proves that the heart is none of his, Or soon expels him if it is. FORCED from home and all its pleasures, Afric's coast I left forlorn ; To increase...England bought and sold me, Paid my price in paltry gold ; Biit, though theirs they have eurolled me, Minds are never to be sold. Still in thought as free as... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 244 sider
...WE STALL RAENGRAVED BY JOHN .KOMN PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARFE. PICCADILLY. FORCED from home and all its pleasures, Afric's coast I left forlorn ; To increase...bought and sold me, Paid my price in paltry gold; Bat, though slave they have enroll'd me, Minds are never to be sold. Still in thought as free as ever,... | |
| William Cowper - 1820 - 508 sider
...is none of his, Or soon expels him if it is. -^ THE !VEGRO'S COMPLAINT. FORCED from home and all its pleasures, Afric's coast I left forlorn ; To increase...treasures, O'er the raging billows borne. Men from England bonght and sold me, Paid my price in paltry gold ; Bot, thongh slave they have euroll'd me, Minds are... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - 556 sider
...is none of his, Or soon expels him if it is. 201 THE NEGRO'S COMPLAINT. FORCED from home and all its pleasures, Afric's coast I left forlorn ; To increase...price in paltry gold ; But, though slave they have enrolled me, Minds are never to be sold. Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights,... | |
| Mary Martha Sherwood - 1822 - 60 sider
...its spiritual and temporal necessities^ THE EMJ. THE NEGRO'S COMPLAINT. FORC'D from home, and all its pleasures, Afric's coast I left forlorn ; To increase...stranger's treasures O'er the raging billows borne. Cruel white men bought and sold me, Paid my price in paltry gold ; But though theirs they have enroll'd... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 sider
...heart is none of his, Or soon expels him if it Is. THE NEGRO'S COMPLAINT. FORCED from home and all its pleasures, Afric's coast I left forlorn ; To increase...billows borne. Men from England bought and sold me, Paid mj price in paltry gold ; lïut, though slave they have enroll'd me, 'i Ы , il, . are never to be... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 262 sider
...none of his, Or soon expels him if it is. THE •J NEGRO'S COMPLAINT. FORC'D from home and all its pleasures Afric's coast I left forlorn ; To increase...billows borne. Men from England bought and sold me, Pud my price in paltry gold ; But though slave they have enroll'd me, Mind* arc never to ho sold. Still... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 264 sider
...heart is none of his, Or soon expels him if it is. NEGRO'S COMPLAINT. FORC'D from home and all its pleasures Afric's coast I left forlorn ; To increase...the raging billows borne. Men from England bought arid sold me, Paid my price in paltry gold ; But though slave they have enroll'd W|. Minds are never... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1827 - 494 sider
...spirits inseparable from a state of slavery. THE NEGRO'S COMPLAINT. 1. FORC'D from home and all its pleasures, Afric's coast I left forlorn ; To increase...they have enroll'd me, Minds are never to be sold. 2. Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights I ask, How many negroes, has it been... | |
| New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 sider
...main, And rush to the realms of the brave.' ROSCOE. THE NEGRO'S COMPLAINT. FORCED from home and all its pleasures, Afric's coast I left forlorn, To increase...paltry gold ; But, though slave they have enroll'd me, Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights, I ask, Me from my delights to sever, Me... | |
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