Slaves cannot breathe in England if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
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Can a woman's tender care Cease towards the child she bare Yes, she may forgetful be, Yet will I remember thee.William Cowper
He sees that this great roundabout; The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, physic, law, Its customs and its businesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says -- what says he -- Caw.
William Cowper
Perhaps thou gavst me, though unseen, a kiss Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
William Cowper
The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown no traveler ever reached that blessed abode who found not thorns and briars in his road.
William Cowper
The Lord will happiness divine
On contrite hearts bestow;
Then tell me, gracious God, is mine
A contrite heart or no?
William Cowper
I would not enter in my list of friends, Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path, But he has the humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
William Cowper
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