Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... waste ; If these attendants , and if fuch as thefe , Muft follow royalty , then welcome eafe ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy the ftate that has not these to fear . A. Thus A. Thus men whofe thoughts contemplative have ...
... waste ; If these attendants , and if fuch as thefe , Muft follow royalty , then welcome eafe ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy the ftate that has not these to fear . A. Thus A. Thus men whofe thoughts contemplative have ...
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... 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 , She has one foe , and that one foe , the world . And if he ...
... 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 , She has one foe , and that one foe , the world . And if he ...
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... waste Sent us a wind to parch us at a blast ? Can British paradise no scenes afford To please her fated and indiff ' rent lord ? Are fweet philofophy's enjoyments run Quite to the lees ? And has religion none ? Brutes capable , would ...
... waste Sent us a wind to parch us at a blast ? Can British paradise no scenes afford To please her fated and indiff ' rent lord ? Are fweet philofophy's enjoyments run Quite to the lees ? And has religion none ? Brutes capable , would ...
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... waste and void , For them , the states to which they went destroy'd ; A cloud to measure out their march by day , By night a fire to cheer the gloomy way , That moving fignal fummoning , when best , Their hoft to move , and when it stay ...
... waste and void , For them , the states to which they went destroy'd ; A cloud to measure out their march by day , By night a fire to cheer the gloomy way , That moving fignal fummoning , when best , Their hoft to move , and when it stay ...
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... waste thy life in arms , or lay it down . In caufelefs feuds and bick'rings of their own : Thy parliaments ador'd , on bended knees , The fov'reignty they were conven'd to please ; Whate'er was afk'd , too timid to refift Comply'd with ...
... waste thy life in arms , or lay it down . In caufelefs feuds and bick'rings of their own : Thy parliaments ador'd , on bended knees , The fov'reignty they were conven'd to please ; Whate'er was afk'd , too timid to refift Comply'd with ...
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