| Hannah More - 1827 - 324 pages
...Master spar'd, Altars had smok'd, and temples had been rear'd. Whene'er to Afric's shores I turn my eyes, Horrors of deepest, deadliest guilt arise ;...shrieking babe, the agonizing wife.! She, wretch forlorn I is dragg'd by hostile hands, To distant tyrants sold, in distant lands ! Transmitted miseries, and... | |
| Hannah More - 1827 - 542 pages
...master spar'd Altars liad smok'd, and temples bad been rear'd. Whene'er to Afric's shores I turn my eyes, Horrors of deepest, deadliest guilt arise ; I see, by more than Fancy's mirror shown, The burning village, and the blazing town : See the dire victim torn from social life. The shrieking... | |
| Hannah More - 1830 - 408 pages
...turn my eyes, Horrors of deepest, deadliest guilt arise ; I see, by more than Fancy's mirror shown, The burning village, and the blazing town : See the dire victim torn from social life, See the scar'd infant, hear the shrieking wife ! She, wretch forlorn ! is dragg'd by hostile hands,... | |
| Hannah More - 1830 - 408 pages
...Master spar'd, Altars had smok'd, and temples had been rear'd. Whene'er to Afric's shores I turn my eyes, Horrors of deepest, deadliest guilt arise ; "'I see, by more than Fancy's mirror shown, The burning village, and the blazing town : See the dire victim torn from social life, See the... | |
| 1831 - 222 pages
...endeavour to do so. ( Condition next inoniA.) BRITISH SLAVERY. Whene'er to Afric's shores I turn my eyes, Horrors of deepest, deadliest guilt arise: I see, by more than Fancy 's mirror shown, The burning village and the blazing town: See the dire victim torn from social... | |
| Hannah More - 1834 - 508 pages
...master sparM. Altars had smoked, and temples had been rear'd. Whene'er to Afric's shores I turn my eyes, Horrors of deepest, deadliest guilt arise ;...babe, the agonizing wife ; She, wretch forlorn ! is dragged by hostile hands, To distant tyrants sold, in distant lands ! *It is a point of honour among... | |
| William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 354 pages
...in possession of this poem, we insert the following extract. " Whene'er to Afric's shores I turn my eyes, Horrors of deepest, deadliest guilt arise ; I see by more than Fancy's mirror shown, The burning village and the blazing town : See the dire victim torn from social life, The shrieking... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 526 pages
...in possession of this poem, we insert the following extract. " Whene'er to Afric's shores I turn my eyes, Horrors of deepest, deadliest guilt arise ; I see by more than Fancy's mirror shown, The burning village and the blazing town : See the dire victim torn from social life, The shrieking... | |
| Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 238 pages
...gratified beyond his utmost wish, Debars another from the bounteous store ! Wrongs of Africa. HANNAH MORE. See the dire victim torn from social life, The shrieking...dragg'd by hostile hands To distant tyrants, sold to distant lands, Transmitted miseries and successive chains, The sole sad heritage her child obtains... | |
| Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 244 pages
...gratified beyond his utmost wish, Debars another from the bounteous store! Wrongs of Africa. HANNAH MORE. See the dire victim torn from social life, The shrieking...dragg'd by hostile hands To distant tyrants, sold to distant lands, Transmitted miseries and successive chains, E'en this last wretched boon their foes... | |
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