Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... ry thyme , We mount again , and feel at ev'ry step Our foot half funk in hillocks green and foft , Rais'd by the mole , the miner of the foil . He , not unlike the great ones of mankind , Disfigures earth , and , plotting in the dark ...
... ry thyme , We mount again , and feel at ev'ry step Our foot half funk in hillocks green and foft , Rais'd by the mole , the miner of the foil . He , not unlike the great ones of mankind , Disfigures earth , and , plotting in the dark ...
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... ev'n a few Few tranfient years won from th ' abyfs abhorr'd Of blank oblivion , feem a glorious prize , And even to a clown . Now roves the eye , And posted on this fpeculative height ... ev'ry growth , Alike , yet 16 Book i . THE TASK .
... ev'n a few Few tranfient years won from th ' abyfs abhorr'd Of blank oblivion , feem a glorious prize , And even to a clown . Now roves the eye , And posted on this fpeculative height ... ev'ry growth , Alike , yet 16 Book i . THE TASK .
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William Cowper. Diverfify'd with trees of ev'ry growth , Alike , yet various . Here the grey smooth trunks Of afh or lime , or beech , diftinctly shine , Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There , loft behind a rifing ground ...
William Cowper. Diverfify'd with trees of ev'ry growth , Alike , yet various . Here the grey smooth trunks Of afh or lime , or beech , diftinctly shine , Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There , loft behind a rifing ground ...
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... ev'ry moment , ev'ry fpot . And now , with nerves new - brac'd and fpirits chear'd , We tread the wilderness , whofe well - roll'd walks , With curvature of flow and eafy fweep , Deception innocent - give ample space To narrow bounds ...
... ev'ry moment , ev'ry fpot . And now , with nerves new - brac'd and fpirits chear'd , We tread the wilderness , whofe well - roll'd walks , With curvature of flow and eafy fweep , Deception innocent - give ample space To narrow bounds ...
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... ev'ry fenfe . The air falubrious of her lofty hills , The chearing fragrance of her dewy vales , And music of her woods - no works of man , May rival these ; these all befpeak a power Peculiar , and exclusively her own . Beneath the ...
... ev'ry fenfe . The air falubrious of her lofty hills , The chearing fragrance of her dewy vales , And music of her woods - no works of man , May rival these ; these all befpeak a power Peculiar , and exclusively her own . Beneath the ...
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