Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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Page 16
... seek The middle field ; but fcatter'd by degrees , Each to his choice , foon whiten all the land . There , from the fun - burnt hay - field , homeward creeps The loaded wain , while , lighten'd of its charge , The wain that meets it ...
... seek The middle field ; but fcatter'd by degrees , Each to his choice , foon whiten all the land . There , from the fun - burnt hay - field , homeward creeps The loaded wain , while , lighten'd of its charge , The wain that meets it ...
Page 27
... half their beauties fade ; the weary fight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , flides off Faftidious , seeking less familiar fcenes . Then Then fnug inclofures in the fhelter'd vale , Where frequent Book i . 27 THE SOFA .
... half their beauties fade ; the weary fight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , flides off Faftidious , seeking less familiar fcenes . Then Then fnug inclofures in the fhelter'd vale , Where frequent Book i . 27 THE SOFA .
Page 59
... seek , And show the shame ye might conceal at home , In foreign eyes ! -be grooms , and win the plate , Where once your nobler fathers won a crown ! - ' Tis gen'rous to communicate your skill To those that ' Tis Book ii . * 59 THE ...
... seek , And show the shame ye might conceal at home , In foreign eyes ! -be grooms , and win the plate , Where once your nobler fathers won a crown ! - ' Tis gen'rous to communicate your skill To those that ' Tis Book ii . * 59 THE ...
Page 67
... seek divine fimplicity in him Who handles things divine ; and all befide , Though learn'd with labor , and though much admir'd By curious eyes and judgments ill - inform'd , To me is odious as the nasal twang F 2 Heard Heard at ...
... seek divine fimplicity in him Who handles things divine ; and all befide , Though learn'd with labor , and though much admir'd By curious eyes and judgments ill - inform'd , To me is odious as the nasal twang F 2 Heard Heard at ...
Page 106
... Seek and obtain , and often find unfought ? Tell me , and I will tell thee , what is truth . O friendly to the best pursuits of man , Friendly to thought , to virtue , and to peace , Domestic life in rural leifure pafs'd ! Few know thy ...
... Seek and obtain , and often find unfought ? Tell me , and I will tell thee , what is truth . O friendly to the best pursuits of man , Friendly to thought , to virtue , and to peace , Domestic life in rural leifure pafs'd ! Few know thy ...
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