Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... arms , and ever prompt to show His manly forehead to the fierceft foe ; Glorious in war , but for the fake of peace , His fpirits rifing as his toils increafe , Guards well what arts and industry have won , And freedom claims him for ...
... arms , and ever prompt to show His manly forehead to the fierceft foe ; Glorious in war , but for the fake of peace , His fpirits rifing as his toils increafe , Guards well what arts and industry have won , And freedom claims him for ...
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... himself will intervene To throw his dark displeasure o'er the scene . All are his inftruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar ; C 4 Nature Nature in arms , her elements at ftrife , The TABLE TAL K. 23.
... himself will intervene To throw his dark displeasure o'er the scene . All are his inftruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar ; C 4 Nature Nature in arms , her elements at ftrife , The TABLE TAL K. 23.
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William Cowper. Nature in arms , her elements at ftrife , The storms that overfet the joys of life , Are but his rods to fcourge a guilty land , And waste it at the bidding of his hand . He gives the word , and mutiny foon roars In all ...
William Cowper. Nature in arms , her elements at ftrife , The storms that overfet the joys of life , Are but his rods to fcourge a guilty land , And waste it at the bidding of his hand . He gives the word , and mutiny foon roars In all ...
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... arm'd with ftrength furpaffing human pow'rs , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his foul into the dawning plan : Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and of poet was the fame , Hence British poets too ...
... arm'd with ftrength furpaffing human pow'rs , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his foul into the dawning plan : Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and of poet was the fame , Hence British poets too ...
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... arms , E'en Bacchanalian madnefs has its charms . Nor thefe alone , whofe pleasures lefs refin'd , Might well alarm the most unguarded mind , Seek to fupplant his unexperienc'd youth , Or lead him devious from the path of truth ; Hourly ...
... arms , E'en Bacchanalian madnefs has its charms . Nor thefe alone , whofe pleasures lefs refin'd , Might well alarm the most unguarded mind , Seek to fupplant his unexperienc'd youth , Or lead him devious from the path of truth ; Hourly ...
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