Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... still be seen , but perforated fore And drill'd in holes the folid oak is found , By worms voracious eating through and through . At length a generation more refin'd Improv'd the simple plan , made three legs four , Gave them a twisted ...
... still be seen , but perforated fore And drill'd in holes the folid oak is found , By worms voracious eating through and through . At length a generation more refin'd Improv'd the simple plan , made three legs four , Gave them a twisted ...
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... Still hung'ring , pennyless and far from home , I fed on scarlet hips and stony haws , Or blushing crabs , or berries that imbofs The bramble , black as jet , or floes austere . Hard fare ! but fuch as boyish appetite Difdains not , nor ...
... Still hung'ring , pennyless and far from home , I fed on scarlet hips and stony haws , Or blushing crabs , or berries that imbofs The bramble , black as jet , or floes austere . Hard fare ! but fuch as boyish appetite Difdains not , nor ...
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... Still foothing , and of power to charm me still . And witness , dear companion of my walks , Whofe arm this twentieth winter I perceive Faft lock'd in mine , with pleafure fuch as love , Confirm'd by long experience of thy worth And And ...
... Still foothing , and of power to charm me still . And witness , dear companion of my walks , Whofe arm this twentieth winter I perceive Faft lock'd in mine , with pleafure fuch as love , Confirm'd by long experience of thy worth And And ...
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... still unfated , dwelt upon the 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 ...
... still unfated , dwelt upon the 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 ...
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... still repeated circles , fcreaming loud ; The jay , the pie , and ev'n the boding owl That hails the rifing moon , have charms for me , Sounds Sounds inharmonious in themfelves and harfh , Yet heard in Book i . II THES OF A.
... still repeated circles , fcreaming loud ; The jay , the pie , and ev'n the boding owl That hails the rifing moon , have charms for me , Sounds Sounds inharmonious in themfelves and harfh , Yet heard in Book i . II THES OF A.
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