Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 Seiten |
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... Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The foft fettee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it received , United yet divided , twain at once . So fit two kings of Brentford on one throne ; And so two citizens who ...
... Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The foft fettee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it received , United yet divided , twain at once . So fit two kings of Brentford on one throne ; And so two citizens who ...
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... heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their fake . Peace to the artist , whofe ingenious thought Devised the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains ...
... heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their fake . Peace to the artist , whofe ingenious thought Devised the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains ...
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... heard the doleful tidings of his death- And never smiled again ! and now the roams The dreary wafte ; there spends the livelong day , And there , unless when charity forbids , The livelong night . A tattered apron hides , Worn as a ...
... heard the doleful tidings of his death- And never smiled again ! and now the roams The dreary wafte ; there spends the livelong day , And there , unless when charity forbids , The livelong night . A tattered apron hides , Worn as a ...
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... heard our mufic ; are thy fimple friends , Thy fimple fare , and all thy plain delights , As dear to thee as once ? And have thy joys Loft nothing by comparifon with our's ? Rude as thou art , ( for we returned thee rude And ignorant ...
... heard our mufic ; are thy fimple friends , Thy fimple fare , and all thy plain delights , As dear to thee as once ? And have thy joys Loft nothing by comparifon with our's ? Rude as thou art , ( for we returned thee rude And ignorant ...
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... Heard at conventicle , where worthy men , Mifled by cuftom , ftrain celestial themes Through the prest noftril , fpectacle - bestrid . Some decent in demeanour while they preach , That task performed , relapse into themselves ; And ...
... Heard at conventicle , where worthy men , Mifled by cuftom , ftrain celestial themes Through the prest noftril , fpectacle - bestrid . Some decent in demeanour while they preach , That task performed , relapse into themselves ; And ...
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againſt Becauſe beneath beſt caufe cauſe charms cloſe courſe dæmons defigned diftant dream earth eaſe Elfe eſcape ev'n facred fafe fame faſhion fear fecure feed feek feel feems ferve fhall fhine fhould fide figh fight filent fince firſt flaves fleep flowers fome fong foon foul ftill ftream fuch fweet grace happineſs heart heaven himſelf honour houſe itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs loft meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature Nebaioth never o'er once paſs peace pleaſe pleaſure praiſe purpoſe reft reſt ſcene ſchools ſeaſon ſee ſeems ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſport ſpread ſpring ſtate ſteps ſtill ſuch ſweet taſk taſte thee their's themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou art thouſand truft truth uſe virtue wafte whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh worth
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Seite 236 - Come, then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! It was thine By ancient covenant, ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
Seite 121 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Seite 41 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.
Seite 121 - Nor his, who patient stands till his feet throb, And his head thumps, to feed upon the breath Of patriots, bursting with heroic rage, Or placemen, all tranquillity and smiles.
Seite 159 - The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.
Seite 89 - In the pure fountain of eternal love Has eyes indeed ; and viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives Him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Seite 48 - Suspend the effect, or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means since first he made the world? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation less Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his use, and ready at his will...
Seite 224 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Seite 330 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, .
Seite 189 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor, perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own.