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 - Страница 47по William Cowper - 1788Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| William Cowper - 1905 - 916 страници
...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...mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse, Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, Between the nations, in a world that seems... | |
| William Cowper - 1905 - 716 страници
...Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse, I Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, Between the nations, in a world that seems 50 To toll the death-bell of its own decease, And by the voice of all its dements To preach the... | |
| John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 616 страници
...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. 47 Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, 395 Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul... | |
| 1911 - 784 страници
...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. BOOK III. — THE GARDEN I was a stricken deer that left the herd Long since ; with many an arrow deep... | |
| A. Wyatt Tilby - 1911 - 304 страници
...touch our country, and their shackles fall. . . . 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.' Throughout all his work the same voice of humanity rises ; whether regretting the tyranny of the strong... | |
| John Holland Rose - 1911 - 696 страници
...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. > REAT movements are too often connected with the names of one or two prominent men, to the... | |
| Albert Hamann - 1911 - 226 страници
...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. He writes at the time of the American War of Independence, when England, through the folly of the Tory... | |
| Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 858 страници
...nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein 45 ce farre from enimyes. The messenger approching to him spake; But his waste words retou . . . BOOK III. — TUE GARDEN I was a stricken deer that left the herd 108 Long since; with many an... | |
| John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 страници
...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every 47 FROM BOOK V Tis morning; and the sun with ruddy orb Ascending, fires the horizon: while the clouds... | |
| 1916 - 792 страници
...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. 47 FROM BOOK V 'Tis morning ; and the sun with ruddy orb Ascending, fires the horizon : while the clouds... | |
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