 And all the piebald polity that reigns In free confusion o'er Columbia's plains? To think that man, thou just and gentle God, Should stand before Thee, with a tyrant's rod O'er creatures like himself, with soul from thee, Yet dare to boast of perfect...  The Slave Captain: A Legend of Liverpool - Page 143de John Dignan - 1847 - 288 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1806 - 550 pages
...the pye-bald polity that reigns In free confusion o'er Columbia's plains ? To think that man, thou just and gentle God! Should stand before thee, with...himself, with souls from thee, Yet dare to boast of perfecl liberty ! * " The most persevering enemy to the interests of this country, jmongst the politicians... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 344 pages
...the pye-bald polity that reigns In free confusion o'er Columbia's plains ? To think that man, thou just and gentle God ! Should stand before thee, with a tyrant's rod O'er creatures like himself, with soul from thee, Yet dare to boast of perfect liberty; Away, away—I'd rather hold my neck By doubtful... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 348 pages
...the pye-bald polity that reigns In free confusion o'er Columbia's plains ? To think that man, thou just and gentle God ! Should stand before thee, with a tyrant's rod O'er creatures like himself, with soul from thee, Yet dare to boast of perfect liberty ; Away, away — I'd rather hold my neck By doubtful... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 340 pages
...the pye-bald polity that i eigns In free confusion o'er Columbia's plains ? To think that man, tliou just and gentle God ! Should stand before thee, with a tyrant's rod O'er creatures like himself, with soul from thee, Yet dare to boast of perfect liberty ; Away, away — I'd rather hold my neck By doubtful... | |
 | Frances Milton Trollope - 1832 - 352 pages
...the pyebald polity that reigns In free confusion o'er Columbia's plains? To think that man, thoujust and gentle God! Should stand before thee with a tyrant's rod, O'er creatures like himself, with soul from thee, Yet dare to boast of perfect liberty : Away, away, I'd rather hold my neck By doubtful... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1835 - 440 pages
...the pye-bald polity that reigns In free confusion o'er Columbia's plains ? To think that man, thou just and gentle God ! Should stand before thee, with a tyrant's rod O'er creatures like himself, with soul from thee, Yet dare to boast of perfect liberty : Away, away — I'd rather hold my neck By doubtful... | |
 | 1837 - 340 pages
...manacles and rights, Of slaving blacks and democratic whites ? To think that man, thou just and righteous God ! Should stand before thee with a tyrant's rod...I'd rather hold my neck By doubtful tenure from a sultan s beck, In climes where liberty has scarce been named, Nor any right but that of ruling claimed,... | |
 | Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - 1840 - 658 pages
...the piebald policy that reigns In free confusion o'er Columbia's plains ? To think that man,— thou just and gentle God, Should stand before thee with...from thee, Yet dare to boast of perfect liberty!!" % The papers bring us to-day the accounts of the atrocious outi ages committed against our rights in... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1841 - 530 pages
...all the piebald polity that reigns In free confusion o'er Columbia's plains ? To think that man, thou just and gentle God, Should stand before thee with...rod. O'er creatures like himself, with souls from thea. Yet dare to boast of perfect liberty !" A short extract from one of the papers of the day, describing... | |
 | John Jay - 1843 - 64 pages
...verse at the sight of American slavery, and all the horrors in its train. " To think that man — thou just and gentle God — Should stand before thee with...Yet dare to boast of perfect liberty ! Away ! away ! I 'd rather hold my neck In doubtful tenure from a sultan's beck, In climes where liberty has scarce... | |
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