 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 - Side 30av William Cowper - 1826Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Robert John Thornton - 1799 - 852 sider
...human race. How beautifully does COWPER exprefs himfclf on this fubjedt — I would not have a flave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I flcep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That fincws bought and fold have ever earn'd. No... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 sider
...his sweat With stripes, that mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And...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: dear... | |
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 sider
...what MAN feeing this, And having human feelings, does not blulh And hang his head, to think himfelf a MAN ? I would not have a SLAVE to till my ground, To carry me", to fan me while I fleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That finews bought and fold have ever earn'd. No!... | |
 | 1801 - 452 sider
...melancholy subject, does the book open, and thus the paragraph closes in his own peculiar style : — 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 carn'd. No : dear... | |
 | 1802 - 302 sider
...exafts his sweat,, . . With stripes, that mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps, when she sees inflifted on a beast. 25 Then what is man ? And what man, seeing...till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, 3> And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 sider
...his sweat With stripes, that mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And...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 : dear... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 364 sider
...human feelings, does not blufh, And hang his head, to think himfelf a man ? I would not have a flave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I deep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth, That finews bought and fold have ever earned, No... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 362 sider
...human feelings, does not blufh, And hang his head, to think himfelf a man ? I would not have a flave to till my ground, To carry me> to fan me while I fleep, * And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That finews bought and fold have ever earn'd.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 288 sider
...human feelings, does not bluflrt And hang his head, to think himfelf a man ? I would not have a flave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I fleep, And tremble when I wake,, for all the wealth v • •*That fmews bought and fold have ever... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 376 sider
...human feelings, does not blufh, And hang his head, to think himfelf a man? 1 would not have a flave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I fleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth, That finews bought and fold have ever eamed. No... | |
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