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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. "
The Poetical Works of William Cowper - Page 209
by William Cowper - 1854
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The baptist Magazine

1819 - 594 pages
...ground, — — — — — for all the wealth That siuews bought aud sold have ever earn'd ; I would much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him." Cowper. IN peruging a recent Volume of Travels in North America, I was much gratified to learn, (hat...
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The Baptist Magazine, Volume 11

1819 - 576 pages
...ground, — — • — — — for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd ; I would much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on htm." Cawper. IN perusing a recent volume of Travels in North America, I was tiiucli gratified to learn,...
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Poetry for Children: Consisting of Short Pieces to be Committed to Memory

1820 - 190 pages
...AGAINST SLAVERY. I WOULD not have a slave to till my ground, To earry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews...freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized beyond all price ; I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him....
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Figures of Elocution exemplified; or, Directions for reading and reciting ...

Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 pages
...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...earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's J ust estimation, prized above all price ; 72 I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds,...
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Poems of William Cowper, Esq: With a New Memoir

William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...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...earn'd. No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Juat estimation priz'd above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds,...
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Poems

William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...carry me, to fan me while I sletp, . And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bonght and sold have ever earn'd. !No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priaed above nll price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pages
...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...dear as freedom is. and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price ; I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry : Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pages
...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. 5. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price ; I had much rather...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 9

John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pages
...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 'il. No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...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 earned. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much...
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