Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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Page 15
... 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 pile , That may record the ...
... 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 pile , That may record the ...
Page 27
... half their beauties fade ; the weary fight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , flides off Faftidious , seeking less familiar fcenes . Then Then fnug inclofures in the fhelter'd vale , Where frequent Book i . 27 THE SOFA .
... half their beauties fade ; the weary fight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , flides off Faftidious , seeking less familiar fcenes . Then Then fnug inclofures in the fhelter'd vale , Where frequent Book i . 27 THE SOFA .
Page 28
... half wither'd fhrubs he shows , And at his feet the baffled billows die . The common , overgrown with fern , and rough With prickly gorfe , that , fhapeless and deform'd , And dang❜rous to the touch , has yet its bloom , And decks ...
... half wither'd fhrubs he shows , And at his feet the baffled billows die . The common , overgrown with fern , and rough With prickly gorfe , that , fhapeless and deform'd , And dang❜rous to the touch , has yet its bloom , And decks ...
Page 51
... half his people . Ancient tow'rs , And roofs embattled high , the gloomy scenes Where beauty oft and letter'd worth confume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone ; the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their ...
... half his people . Ancient tow'rs , And roofs embattled high , the gloomy scenes Where beauty oft and letter'd worth confume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone ; the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their ...
Page 77
... half price . You think , perhaps , so delicate his dress , His daily fare as delicate . Alas ! He picks clean teeth , and , bufy as he seems With an old tavern quill , is hungry yet . The rout is folly's circle , which fhe draws , With ...
... half price . You think , perhaps , so delicate his dress , His daily fare as delicate . Alas ! He picks clean teeth , and , bufy as he seems With an old tavern quill , is hungry yet . The rout is folly's circle , which fhe draws , With ...
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