Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1788 |
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Page 28
... seen , Not in the words - but in the gap between . Manner is all in all , whate'er is writ , The fubftitute for genius , fenfe and wit . To dally much with fubjects mean and low , Proves that the mind is weak , or makes it fo ...
... seen , Not in the words - but in the gap between . Manner is all in all , whate'er is writ , The fubftitute for genius , fenfe and wit . To dally much with fubjects mean and low , Proves that the mind is weak , or makes it fo ...
Page 76
... too has a glory in his plumes . He , christian like , retreats with modeft mein , To the close copfe or far fequefter'd green , And fhines without defiring to be seen . The The plea of works , as arrogant and vain , 76 TRUTH .
... too has a glory in his plumes . He , christian like , retreats with modeft mein , To the close copfe or far fequefter'd green , And fhines without defiring to be seen . The The plea of works , as arrogant and vain , 76 TRUTH .
Page 113
... seen them rife , With fierce and envious , yet admiring eyes , Had fought to crush them , guarded as they were By power divine , and skill that could not err ; VOL . I. I * Vide Joshua v . 14 . Had Had they maintain'd allegiance firm ...
... seen them rife , With fierce and envious , yet admiring eyes , Had fought to crush them , guarded as they were By power divine , and skill that could not err ; VOL . I. I * Vide Joshua v . 14 . Had Had they maintain'd allegiance firm ...
Page 128
... seen to be admir'd , But thine as dark as witch'ries of the night , Was form'd to harden hearts and thock the fight : Thy Druids ftruck the well - ftrung harps they bore , With fingers deeply dy'd in human gore , And while the victim ...
... seen to be admir'd , But thine as dark as witch'ries of the night , Was form'd to harden hearts and thock the fight : Thy Druids ftruck the well - ftrung harps they bore , With fingers deeply dy'd in human gore , And while the victim ...
Page 135
... seen apart . So then as darkness overfpread the deep , Ere nature rose from her eternal fleep , And this delightful earth , and that fair fky , Leap'd out of nothing , call'd by the Most High ; By fuch a change thy darkness is made ...
... seen apart . So then as darkness overfpread the deep , Ere nature rose from her eternal fleep , And this delightful earth , and that fair fky , Leap'd out of nothing , call'd by the Most High ; By fuch a change thy darkness is made ...
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