 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 - Сторінка 47автори: William Cowper - 1788Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Esther Copley - 1836 - 814 стор.
...bespeaks a nation prond And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire. That where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." Happily, this apostrophe is now realized. •' Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 стор.
...nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein 45 Of all your empire ! that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. / v ' Sure there is need of social intercourse, Benevolence and peace and mutual aid Between the nations,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 206 стор.
...it, then, And let it circulate through every vein 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, He twee n the nations, in a world that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 стор.
...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 ev'ry vein 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,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1881 - 510 стор.
...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it, then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. 1 ADDEESS TO WINTEll. Thy scattered hair with sheet-like ashes filled, Thy breath congealed upon thy... | |
 | S. E. Thomas - 1881 - 504 стор.
...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your Empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." This sentiment was uppermost in the minds of the leaders of the Anti-Slavery movement. Not content... | |
 | Theodore Percival Wilson - 1881 - 468 стор.
...proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it, then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all our empire, that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.' " Still, we could hold, and did hold, slaves to a large extent in some of our colonies. Now the great... | |
 | William Cowper (the Poet.) - 1883 - 294 стор.
...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. The Task, Book II. Heaven speed the canvas, gallantly unfurled To furnish and accommodate a world,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1883 - 232 стор.
...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it, then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. 3. In the latter part of the reign of George III., a noble band of men, at the head of whom were Wilberforce... | |
 | Oscar Browning - 1884 - 168 стор.
...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your Empire, that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. COWPER. SIMON DE MONTFORT. 1. JOHN was succeeded by his young son, Henry III. He was a better man than... | |
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