Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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Page 19
... give ample space To narrow bounds . The grove receives us next ; Between the upright fhafts of whose tall elms We may difcern the thresher at his task . Thump after thump , refounds the conftant flail , C 2 That That feems to fwing ...
... give ample space To narrow bounds . The grove receives us next ; Between the upright fhafts of whose tall elms We may difcern the thresher at his task . Thump after thump , refounds the conftant flail , C 2 That That feems to fwing ...
Page 25
... gives the fair F Sweet fmiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tastelefs , of the fame repeated joys , That palls and fatiates , and makes languid life A pedler's pack , that bows the ...
... gives the fair F Sweet fmiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tastelefs , of the fame repeated joys , That palls and fatiates , and makes languid life A pedler's pack , that bows the ...
Page 37
... Gives more than female beauty to a stone , And Chatham's eloquence to marble lips . Nor does the chiffel occupy alone The pow'rs of sculpture , but the style as much ; Each province of her art her equal care . D3 With With nice incifion ...
... Gives more than female beauty to a stone , And Chatham's eloquence to marble lips . Nor does the chiffel occupy alone The pow'rs of sculpture , but the style as much ; Each province of her art her equal care . D3 With With nice incifion ...
Page 54
... grafp upon the winds And gives them all their fury : bids a plague Kindle a fiery boil upon the skin , And putrify the breath of blooming health . He · He calls for famine , and the meagre fiend Blows 54 Book ii . THE TAS K.
... grafp upon the winds And gives them all their fury : bids a plague Kindle a fiery boil upon the skin , And putrify the breath of blooming health . He · He calls for famine , and the meagre fiend Blows 54 Book ii . THE TAS K.
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... gives his direst foe a friend's embrace . And shamed as we have been , to th ' very beard Braved and defied , and in our own fea proved Too weak for thofe decifive blows , that once Insured us mast'ry there , we yet retain Some small ...
... gives his direst foe a friend's embrace . And shamed as we have been , to th ' very beard Braved and defied , and in our own fea proved Too weak for thofe decifive blows , that once Insured us mast'ry there , we yet retain Some small ...
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