 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 Task: In Six Books - Page 36by William Cowper - 1836 - 172 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...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." IMPROVISATORI. The gift of extemporaneous versifying seems confined to the south of Europe. It is indeed... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...(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...estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then... | |
 | Richard SAMBLE, Mary Ann Hedge - 1823 - 206 pages
...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 of the heart's best affections, which had marked the short period of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...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...estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 502 pages
...to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To earry me, to fen me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth...estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself, the slave, And wear the bonds, tlum fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home— then... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1824 - 396 pages
...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...my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, 1 had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. QUESTIONS. 1. Did... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...to think himself a man? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to ian me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth...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, then fasten them... | |
 | Andrew Reid (of London.) - 1824 - 274 pages
...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 the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...him as his lawful prey. 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. Cowper's Task, b. 2. . • I could endure Chains nowhere patiently ; and chains at home, Where I am... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 248 pages
...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...estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — Then... | |
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