 | William L. Andrews - 2006 - 328 páginas
...lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it." "Slaves cannot breathe in England; If their lungs receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall."—Cowper. 55 When I reached Liverpool, I proceeded to Dr. Raffles, and handed my letters of... | |
 | Diane Robinson-Dunn - 2006 - 248 páginas
...England stood. One quoted the oftrepeated lines Slaves cannot breathe in England: when their lungs reach our air, that moment they are free, they touch our country, and their shackles fall and stated that the poet, if still alive, would have to rewrite those treasured words as Her Majesty's... | |
 | Mark Canuel - 2007 - 234 páginas
...laws" (12). Rather than withdrawing British power from Africa, he urges readers of The Task (1785) to "Spread it, then / And let it circulate through ev'ry vein / Of all your empire; that where Britain's pow'r / Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too" (2.44-47). What becomes perfectly clear, moreover,... | |
 | Thomas F. Bonnell - 2008 - 403 páginas
...iteceive our air, thit moment they art free \ They touch our country, and their shackles fait. That '& noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of...blessing* Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire* That where Britain*! power Is felt} mankind may feel her mercy too.... | |
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Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. 
