Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... thee th ' ennobling powers of verfe , Heroic fong from thy free touch acquires Its cleareft tone , the rapture it infpires ; Place me where winter breathes his keenest air , And I will fing if liberty be there ; And I will fing at ...
... thee th ' ennobling powers of verfe , Heroic fong from thy free touch acquires Its cleareft tone , the rapture it infpires ; Place me where winter breathes his keenest air , And I will fing if liberty be there ; And I will fing at ...
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... thee , and no false friend Betray thee , while profeffing to defend ; Prize it ye ministers , ye monarchs fpare , Ye patriots guard it with a mifer's care . A. Patriots , alas ! the few that have been found Where moft they flourish ...
... thee , and no false friend Betray thee , while profeffing to defend ; Prize it ye ministers , ye monarchs fpare , Ye patriots guard it with a mifer's care . A. Patriots , alas ! the few that have been found Where moft they flourish ...
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... thee for a prey , They swarm around thee , and thou ftandft at bay , Undaunted still , though wearied and perplex'd , Once Chatham fav'd thee , but who faves thee next ? C 2 Alas ! Alas ! the tide of pleasure sweeps along All that TABLE ...
... thee for a prey , They swarm around thee , and thou ftandft at bay , Undaunted still , though wearied and perplex'd , Once Chatham fav'd thee , but who faves thee next ? C 2 Alas ! Alas ! the tide of pleasure sweeps along All that TABLE ...
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... thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant chriftian race , Patterns of ev'ry virtue , ev'ry grace , Confefs'd a God , they kneel'd before they fought , And prais'd him in the victories he wrought . Now from the duft of ancient days bring ...
... thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant chriftian race , Patterns of ev'ry virtue , ev'ry grace , Confefs'd a God , they kneel'd before they fought , And prais'd him in the victories he wrought . Now from the duft of ancient days bring ...
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... thee , But ev'ry tear fhall fcald thy memory . The graces too , while virtue at their shrine Lay bleeding under that foft hand of thine , Felt each a mortal ftab in her own breast , Abhorr'd the facrifice , and curs'd the priest . Thou ...
... thee , But ev'ry tear fhall fcald thy memory . The graces too , while virtue at their shrine Lay bleeding under that foft hand of thine , Felt each a mortal ftab in her own breast , Abhorr'd the facrifice , and curs'd the priest . Thou ...
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