Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... wisdom and repentance ere too late . Not only vice disposes and prepares ' The mind that flumbers fweetly in her fnares , To stoop to tyranny's ufurp'd command , And bend her polish'd neck beneath his hand , ( A dire effect , by one of ...
... wisdom and repentance ere too late . Not only vice disposes and prepares ' The mind that flumbers fweetly in her fnares , To stoop to tyranny's ufurp'd command , And bend her polish'd neck beneath his hand , ( A dire effect , by one of ...
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William Cowper. They trust in armies , and their courage dies , In wisdom , wealth , in fortune , and in lies But all they trust in , withers , as it must , When he commands , in whom they place no trust . Vengeance at last pours down ...
William Cowper. They trust in armies , and their courage dies , In wisdom , wealth , in fortune , and in lies But all they trust in , withers , as it must , When he commands , in whom they place no trust . Vengeance at last pours down ...
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... wisdom , comeliness and worth , And call her charms to public notice forth , Than vice's mean and difingenuous race , To hide the fhocking features of her face . Her form with drefs and lotion they repair , Then kifs their idol and ...
... wisdom , comeliness and worth , And call her charms to public notice forth , Than vice's mean and difingenuous race , To hide the fhocking features of her face . Her form with drefs and lotion they repair , Then kifs their idol and ...
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... wisdom were a flame Celestial , though they knew not whence it came , Deriv'd from the fame fource of light and grace That guides the chriftian in his swifter race ; Their judge was confcience , and her rule their law , That rule ...
... wisdom were a flame Celestial , though they knew not whence it came , Deriv'd from the fame fource of light and grace That guides the chriftian in his swifter race ; Their judge was confcience , and her rule their law , That rule ...
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... your utmost need , Now fummon ev'ry virtue , ftand and plead . What ! filent ? Is your boafting heard no more ? That self - renouncing wisdom , learn'd before , H 3 Had Had fhed immortal glories on your brow , That all TRUTH . 101.
... your utmost need , Now fummon ev'ry virtue , ftand and plead . What ! filent ? Is your boafting heard no more ? That self - renouncing wisdom , learn'd before , H 3 Had Had fhed immortal glories on your brow , That all TRUTH . 101.
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