Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... range an Indian wafte without a tree . Thanks to Benevolus - he fpares me yet ⚫ John Courtney Throckmorton , Efq . of Wefton Underwood . Thefe These chefnuts rang'd in corresponding lines , And though himself 34 Book i . THE TASK .
... range an Indian wafte without a tree . Thanks to Benevolus - he fpares me yet ⚫ John Courtney Throckmorton , Efq . of Wefton Underwood . Thefe These chefnuts rang'd in corresponding lines , And though himself 34 Book i . THE TASK .
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William Cowper. These chefnuts rang'd in corresponding lines , And though himself so polish'd , ftill reprieves The obfolete prolixity of fhade . Defcending now ( but cautious , left too fast ) A sudden steep , upon a rustic bridge We ...
William Cowper. These chefnuts rang'd in corresponding lines , And though himself so polish'd , ftill reprieves The obfolete prolixity of fhade . Defcending now ( but cautious , left too fast ) A sudden steep , upon a rustic bridge We ...
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... himself Beats in the breaft of man , that ev'n a few Few tranfient years won from th ' abyfs abhorr'd Of blank oblivion , feem a glorious prize , And even to a clown . Now roves the eye , And posted on this fpeculative height Exults in ...
... himself Beats in the breaft of man , that ev'n a few Few tranfient years won from th ' abyfs abhorr'd Of blank oblivion , feem a glorious prize , And even to a clown . Now roves the eye , And posted on this fpeculative height Exults in ...
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... Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From ftrenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The fedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the ...
... Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From ftrenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The fedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the ...
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... Himself a fongfter , is as gay as he . But fave me from the gaiety of those Whose head - aches nail them to a noon - day bed ; And fave me too from theirs whofe haggard eyes Flash desperation , and betray their pangs For property ftripp ...
... Himself a fongfter , is as gay as he . But fave me from the gaiety of those Whose head - aches nail them to a noon - day bed ; And fave me too from theirs whofe haggard eyes Flash desperation , and betray their pangs For property ftripp ...
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