Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... heav'n bestows , And when recording history difplays Feats of renown , though wrought in ancient days , Tells of a few fout hearts that fought and dy'd Where duty plac'd them , at their country's fide ; The man that is not mov'd with ...
... heav'n bestows , And when recording history difplays Feats of renown , though wrought in ancient days , Tells of a few fout hearts that fought and dy'd Where duty plac'd them , at their country's fide ; The man that is not mov'd with ...
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... threat'ning blow , Must she perform the fame kind office now ? May fhe ! and if offended heav'n be still Acceffible and pray'r prevail , she will , C 3 " Tis ' Tis not however infolence and noise , The tempeft TABLE TAL K. 21.
... threat'ning blow , Must she perform the fame kind office now ? May fhe ! and if offended heav'n be still Acceffible and pray'r prevail , she will , C 3 " Tis ' Tis not however infolence and noise , The tempeft TABLE TAL K. 21.
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... heav'n defying vice , Sells oaths by tale , and at the lowest price , Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made , To turn a penny in the way of trade ; When av'rice ftarves , and never hides his face , Two or three millions of the ...
... heav'n defying vice , Sells oaths by tale , and at the lowest price , Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made , To turn a penny in the way of trade ; When av'rice ftarves , and never hides his face , Two or three millions of the ...
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... heav'n roars above , But nothing fcares them from the course they love ; To the lafcivious pipe and wanton fong That charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulph from which is no return ...
... heav'n roars above , But nothing fcares them from the course they love ; To the lafcivious pipe and wanton fong That charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulph from which is no return ...
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... heav'n that never die ; A foul exalted above earth , a mind Skill'd in the characters that form mankind ; And as the fun in rifing beauty drefs'd , Looks to the weftward from the dappled eaft And And marks , whatever clouds may ...
... heav'n that never die ; A foul exalted above earth , a mind Skill'd in the characters that form mankind ; And as the fun in rifing beauty drefs'd , Looks to the weftward from the dappled eaft And And marks , whatever clouds may ...
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