Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... joy , beyond what victory bestows , Bleft country ! where these kingly glories fhine , Bleft England ! if this happiness be thine . A. Guard what you fay , the patriotic tribe Will fneer and charge you with a bribe . - B . A bribe ? The ...
... joy , beyond what victory bestows , Bleft country ! where these kingly glories fhine , Bleft England ! if this happiness be thine . A. Guard what you fay , the patriotic tribe Will fneer and charge you with a bribe . - B . A bribe ? The ...
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... joy With which he shouts and carols , Vive le Roy , Fill'd with as much true merriment and glee , As if he heard his king fay - Slave be free . Thus happiness depends , as nature fhews , Lefs on exterior things than most suppose ...
... joy With which he shouts and carols , Vive le Roy , Fill'd with as much true merriment and glee , As if he heard his king fay - Slave be free . Thus happiness depends , as nature fhews , Lefs on exterior things than most suppose ...
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... joy the good she finds . Courage in 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 ...
... joy the good she finds . Courage in 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 ...
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William Cowper. ' Tis not however infolence and noise , The tempeft of tumultuary joys , Nor is it yet defpondence and dismay , Will win her visits , or engage her ftay ; Pray'r only , and the penitential tear , Can call her fmiling down ...
William Cowper. ' Tis not however infolence and noise , The tempeft of tumultuary joys , Nor is it yet defpondence and dismay , Will win her visits , or engage her ftay ; Pray'r only , and the penitential tear , Can call her fmiling down ...
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... 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 her gates , and fhakes her diftant fhores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd ...
... 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 her gates , and fhakes her diftant fhores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd ...
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