Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... . Guiltless of pamper'd appetite obfcene ) From pangs arthritic that infeft the toe Of libertine excefs . The SOFA fuits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though Though on a SOFA , may I never feel : 6 Book i . THE TAS K.
... . Guiltless of pamper'd appetite obfcene ) From pangs arthritic that infeft the toe Of libertine excefs . The SOFA fuits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though Though on a SOFA , may I never feel : 6 Book i . THE TAS K.
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William Cowper. Though on a SOFA , may I never feel : For I have lov'd the rural walk through lanes Of graffy fwarth close cropt by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs : have lov'd the rural walk O ...
William Cowper. Though on a SOFA , may I never feel : For I have lov'd the rural walk through lanes Of graffy fwarth close cropt by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs : have lov'd the rural walk O ...
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... 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 , Toils much to earn a monumental ...
... 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 , Toils much to earn a monumental ...
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... fit the limpid element for use , Elfe noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes , and streams , All feel the fresh'ning impulse , and are cleans'd By By restless undulation ; ev'n the oak Thrives by the .20 Book i THE TASK .
... fit the limpid element for use , Elfe noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes , and streams , All feel the fresh'ning impulse , and are cleans'd By By restless undulation ; ev'n the oak Thrives by the .20 Book i THE TASK .
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... feel Th ' impreffion of the blast with proud disdaiħ , Frowning as if in his unconscious arm He held the thunder . But the monarch owes His firm ftability to what he fcorns , More fixt below , the more difturb'd above . The law , by ...
... feel Th ' impreffion of the blast with proud disdaiħ , Frowning as if in his unconscious arm He held the thunder . But the monarch owes His firm ftability to what he fcorns , More fixt below , the more difturb'd above . The law , by ...
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