 | Ebenezer Porter - 1856 - 320 страници
...horse,—friend, foe,—in one red burial blent! EXERCISE 23. Negro's Complaint. Byron. 1 (—) Forced from home and all its pleasures, • Afric's coast...price in paltry gold ; But though slave they have enroll'd-me, Minds are never to be sold. 2 Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1856 - 430 страници
...his ; Or soon expels him if it is. THE NEGRO'S COMPLAINT. FORCED from home and all its pleasure», Afric's coast I left forlorn ; To increase a stranger's...price in paltry gold ; But, though slave they have enrolTd me, Minds are never to be sold. Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights,... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 страници
...crimson vest, And clasped them sobbing to his aching breast. THE NEGRO'S COMPLAINT. BY COWPER. FORCED from home and all its pleasures, Afric's coast I left...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,... | |
 | Ludwig Gantter - 1858 - 336 страници
...hast brought him a pardon from good King John." {Old English Ballad.) 7. THE NEGRO'S COMPLAINT. Forced from home and all its pleasures, Afric's coast I left...gold; But, though slave they have enroll'd me, Minds are never to be sold. Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights, I ask, Me from my... | |
 | William Cowper - 1859 - 372 страници
...; Proves that the heart is none of his, Or soon expels him if it is. THE NEGKO'S COMPLAINT. FORCED from home and all its pleasures; Afric's coast I left...gold ; But, though slave they have enroll'd me, Minds are never to be sold. Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights, I ask, Me from my... | |
 | William Cowper - 1863 - 540 страници
...ulflllU That wish, on some fair future day, Which fate shall orightly gild, THE NEGRO'S COMPLAINT. FORCED from home and all its pleasures, Afric's coast I left...gold; But, though slave they have enroll'd me, Minds are never to be sold. Me from my delights to sever, Me to torture, me to task F Still in thought as... | |
 | John James Geer - 1863 - 302 страници
...creature manifest in her words of petition ! and the lines sprang into my mind : " Christian men have bought and sold me, Paid my price in paltry gold ; But, though slave they have enrolled me, Minds are never to be sold." Her prayer comforted her, and rising from her knees, she... | |
 | Golden gleanings - 1863 - 342 страници
...ineffable ! Come then, expressive silence, muse His praise. William Cowper. THE NEGRO'S COMPLAINT. FORCED from home and all its pleasures, Afric's coast I left forlorn, To increase the stranger's treasures, O'er the raging billows borne. 134 William Cowper. Men from England bought... | |
 | William Cowper - 1864 - 454 страници
...NEGKO'S COMPLAINT. FORCED from home and all its pleasures, Afrie's coast I left forlorn; To iuerease a stranger's treasures, O'er the raging billows borne....gold ; But, though slave they have enroll'd me, Minds are never to be sold. Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights, I ask, Me from my... | |
 | John James Geer - 1864 - 314 страници
...creature manifest in her words of petition ! and the lines sprang into my mind: "Christian men have bought and sold me, Paid my price in paltry gold; But, though slave they have enrolled me, Minds are never to be sold." Her prayer comforted her, and rising from her knees, she... | |
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Forc'd from home and all its pleasures, Afric's coast I left forlorn, To increase a stranger's treasures, O'er the raging billows borne. Men from England bought and sold me. Paid my price in paltry gold; But, though slave they have enroll'd me, Minds 
