Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... happy ifle . The umber stood Pond'rous , and fixt by its own massy weight . But elbows ftill were wanting ; thefe , fome fay , An Alderman of Cripplegate contriv'd , And some ascribe th ' invention to a priest Burly and big , and ...
... happy ifle . The umber stood Pond'rous , and fixt by its own massy weight . But elbows ftill were wanting ; thefe , fome fay , An Alderman of Cripplegate contriv'd , And some ascribe th ' invention to a priest Burly and big , and ...
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... happy to renounce awhile , Not fenfeless of its charms , what still we love , That such short abfence may endear it more . Then forefts , or the favage rock , may please , That hides the fea - mew in his hollow clefts Above the reach of ...
... happy to renounce awhile , Not fenfeless of its charms , what still we love , That such short abfence may endear it more . Then forefts , or the favage rock , may please , That hides the fea - mew in his hollow clefts Above the reach of ...
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... confume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone ; the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release E 2 From From all the rigors of reftraint , enjoy The terrors Book ii . THE 51 TIME - PIECE .
... confume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone ; the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release E 2 From From all the rigors of reftraint , enjoy The terrors Book ii . THE 51 TIME - PIECE .
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... Happy the man who fees a God employed In all the good and ill that checquer life ! Refolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will E 3 And And arbitration wife of the Supreme . Did not his Book ii . 53 THE ...
... Happy the man who fees a God employed In all the good and ill that checquer life ! Refolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will E 3 And And arbitration wife of the Supreme . Did not his Book ii . 53 THE ...
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... labor and the skill it coft , Are occupations of the poet's mind So pleafing , and that steal away the thought With fuch addrefs , from themes of fad import , That loft in his own mufings , happy man ! 9 That 60 Book ii . THE TASK .
... labor and the skill it coft , Are occupations of the poet's mind So pleafing , and that steal away the thought With fuch addrefs , from themes of fad import , That loft in his own mufings , happy man ! 9 That 60 Book ii . THE TASK .
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