“Twere better to be born a stone Of ruder shape, and feeling none, Than with a tenderness like mine And sensibilities so fine! Ah, hapless wretch! condemn'd to dwell Forever in my native shell, Ordained to move when others please, Not for my own content or ease; But toss'd and buffeted about, Now in the water and now out.” FeelingsMovingWaterBornMy OwnForeverMinesFinePleaseShapesStonesEaseNativeTendernessShellsSensibilityTossOysters Book:The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems ; Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence Source: The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems ; Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence
“It is only in the mountains that I can fully appreciate my existence as a man in America, and my own native land” MenI CanAmericaMy OwnExistenceLandMountainAppreciateNativeNative Land Author:Martin Delany
“When I thinkof my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.” MomentsHandsSeemsMy OwnLandDespairNativeAlasRecollectionNative Land Author:William Cowper