Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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Page 12
... fields , and female feet , Too weak to ftruggle with tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are beft at home , The task of new difcov'ries falls on me . At fuch a feafon and with fuch a charge Once went I forth , and found , till then ...
... fields , and female feet , Too weak to ftruggle with tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are beft at home , The task of new difcov'ries falls on me . At fuch a feafon and with fuch a charge Once went I forth , and found , till then ...
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... 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 paffes swiftly by ...
... 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 paffes swiftly by ...
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... , 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 .
... , 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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... by intense defire : Fair fields appear below , fuch as he left Far diftant , fuch as he would die to find- He feeks them headlong , and is feen no more . The The spleen is feldom felt where Flora reigns ; The 24 Book i . THE TASK .
... by intense defire : Fair fields appear below , fuch as he left Far diftant , fuch as he would die to find- He feeks them headlong , and is feen no more . The The spleen is feldom felt where Flora reigns ; The 24 Book i . THE TASK .
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William Cowper. With nice incifion of her guided steel She ploughs a brazen field , and clothes a foil So fterile , with what charms foe'er fhe will , The richest scen'ry and the lovelieft forms , Where finds philofophy her eagle eye ...
William Cowper. With nice incifion of her guided steel She ploughs a brazen field , and clothes a foil So fterile , with what charms foe'er fhe will , The richest scen'ry and the lovelieft forms , Where finds philofophy her eagle eye ...
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