Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... Scene defcribed . - Rural founds as well as fights de- lightful . - Another walk . Miftake , concerning the charms of folitude , corrected . - Colonades commended . -Alcove , and the view from it . - The Wilderness . -The Grove . - The ...
... Scene defcribed . - Rural founds as well as fights de- lightful . - Another walk . Miftake , concerning the charms of folitude , corrected . - Colonades commended . -Alcove , and the view from it . - The Wilderness . -The Grove . - The ...
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... scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discern'd The diftant plough flow - moving , and befide His lab'ring team , that fwerv'd not from the track , The sturdy fwain diminish'd to a boy ! Here Oufe , flow winding through a level ...
... scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discern'd The diftant plough flow - moving , and befide His lab'ring team , that fwerv'd not from the track , The sturdy fwain diminish'd to a boy ! Here Oufe , flow winding through a level ...
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... Scenes must be beautiful which daily view'd Please daily , and whose novelty furvives Long knowledge and the fcrutiny of years . Praife juftly due to thofe that I describe . Nor rural fights alone , but rural founds Exhilarate the ...
... Scenes must be beautiful which daily view'd Please daily , and whose novelty furvives Long knowledge and the fcrutiny of years . Praife juftly due to thofe that I describe . Nor rural fights alone , but rural founds Exhilarate the ...
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William Cowper. Sounds inharmonious in themfelves and harfh , Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their fake . Peace to the artift , whofe ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - houfe ...
William Cowper. Sounds inharmonious in themfelves and harfh , Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their fake . Peace to the artift , whofe ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - houfe ...
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... scenes fhe draws , Is Nature's dictate . Strange ! there fhould be found , Who , felf - imprifon'd in their proud faloons , Renounce the odors of the open field For For the unfcented fictions of the loom ; Who , 22 Book i . THE TASK .
... scenes fhe draws , Is Nature's dictate . Strange ! there fhould be found , Who , felf - imprifon'd in their proud faloons , Renounce the odors of the open field For For the unfcented fictions of the loom ; Who , 22 Book i . THE TASK .
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