Epigram (Poem)
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Title
Epigram (Poem)
Description
To purify their wine, some people bleed
A lamb into the barrel, and succeed;
No nostrum, planters say, is half so good
To make fine sugar, as a negro's blood.
Now lambs and negroes both are harmless things,
And hence perhaps this wondrous virtue springs,
'Tis in the blood of innocence alone--
Good cause why planters never try thir own.
A lamb into the barrel, and succeed;
No nostrum, planters say, is half so good
To make fine sugar, as a negro's blood.
Now lambs and negroes both are harmless things,
And hence perhaps this wondrous virtue springs,
'Tis in the blood of innocence alone--
Good cause why planters never try thir own.
Creator
William Cowper
Source
The Slave's Friend: 8, p. 20
Date
1.1.1836
Collection
Citation
William Cowper, “Epigram (Poem),” No Stain of Tears and Blood, accessed October 22, 2026, https://productsoffreelabor.com/items/show/86.
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