 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...this, And having human feelings does not blusii And hang his head, to think himself a man ? 1 would nut 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 earn'd,... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush 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 wca.t" That sinews bought and sold have e irer earn 1 5. No: dear as freedom is,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush 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 That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No: dear as freedom is, and... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 562 pages
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, 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, That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is,... | |
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...hope of abolishing slavery ? No : he would never give it up, but exclaim 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."... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...seeing this, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? And having Iruman feelings, does not blush I would not have a slave to till my ground. To carry ne, to tan me while I sleep, And tremble when 1 wake, for all the wealth That sinews brought and sold... | |
 | Richard SAMBLE, Mary Ann Hedge - 1823 - 206 pages
...follow him to the apartment of his lady, previously to 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, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd." COWPEK. FROM the reciprocation... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...seeing this, And paying human feelings, does not bltfsh", 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, for all the wealth That sinews, bought and sold, have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, 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 That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No: dear as freedom is, and... | |
 | Andrew Reid (of London.) - 1824 - 274 pages
...may a double portion of his spirit rest on us, and may his prayers be answered. Amen. LETTER XXVII. 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. No, I would rather be myself... | |
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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. 
