Poems, Band 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... that felt no ease ; The slipp'ry seat betray'd the sliding part That press'd it , and the feet hung dangling down , Anxious in vain to find the distant floor . These for the rich : the rest , whom fate BOOK I. 3 THE SOFA .
... that felt no ease ; The slipp'ry seat betray'd the sliding part That press'd it , and the feet hung dangling down , Anxious in vain to find the distant floor . These for the rich : the rest , whom fate BOOK I. 3 THE SOFA .
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William Cowper. These for the rich : the rest , whom fate had plac'd In modest mediocrity , content With base materials , sat on well - tann'd hides , Obdurate and unyielding , glassy smooth , With here and there a tuft of crimson yarn ...
William Cowper. These for the rich : the rest , whom fate had plac'd In modest mediocrity , content With base materials , sat on well - tann'd hides , Obdurate and unyielding , glassy smooth , With here and there a tuft of crimson yarn ...
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... but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its bloom , the flaccid , shrunk , And wither'd muscle , and the vapid soul , Reproach their owner with that love of rest To which BOOK I. 21 THE SOFA .
... but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its bloom , the flaccid , shrunk , And wither'd muscle , and the vapid soul , Reproach their owner with that love of rest To which BOOK I. 21 THE SOFA .
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William Cowper. Reproach their owner with that love of rest To which he forfeits ev'n the rest he loves . Not such th ' alert and active . Measure life By its true worth , the comforts it affords , And their's alone seems worthy of the ...
William Cowper. Reproach their owner with that love of rest To which he forfeits ev'n the rest he loves . Not such th ' alert and active . Measure life By its true worth , the comforts it affords , And their's alone seems worthy of the ...
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... rest , and with most cause , Thee , gentle savage ! " whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bow'rs , to show thee here With what superior skill we can ...
... rest , and with most cause , Thee , gentle savage ! " whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bow'rs , to show thee here With what superior skill we can ...
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