Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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Page 11
... human ear . Ten thousand warblers chear the day , and one The live - long night : nor these alone , whofe notes Nice - finger'd art must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that fwim fublime In still repeated circles ...
... human ear . Ten thousand warblers chear the day , and one The live - long night : nor these alone , whofe notes Nice - finger'd art must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that fwim fublime In still repeated circles ...
Page 31
... human mould , should brutalize by choice His nature , and , though capable of arts By which the world might profit and himself , Self - banish'd from fociety , prefer Such fqualid floth to honorable toil ! Yet even thefe , though ...
... human mould , should brutalize by choice His nature , and , though capable of arts By which the world might profit and himself , Self - banish'd from fociety , prefer Such fqualid floth to honorable toil ! Yet even thefe , though ...
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... human nature's broadeft , foulest blot , - Chains him , and tasks him , and exacts his fweat With stripes , that mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps when the fees inflicted on a beast . Then what is man ? And what man seeing this , And ...
... human nature's broadeft , foulest blot , - Chains him , and tasks him , and exacts his fweat With stripes , that mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps when the fees inflicted on a beast . Then what is man ? And what man seeing this , And ...
Page 50
... infatiable . Immense The tumult and the overthrow , the pangs . And agonies of human and of brute Multitudes , fugitive on ev'ry fide , And And fugitive in vain . The fylvan scene Migrates uplifted 50 Book ii . THE TASK .
... infatiable . Immense The tumult and the overthrow , the pangs . And agonies of human and of brute Multitudes , fugitive on ev'ry fide , And And fugitive in vain . The fylvan scene Migrates uplifted 50 Book ii . THE TASK .
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... human hands . The pulpit therefore ( and I name it , fill'd With folemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ) The pulpit ( when the fatʼrift has at last , Strutting and vap'ring in an empty school ...
... human hands . The pulpit therefore ( and I name it , fill'd With folemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ) The pulpit ( when the fatʼrift has at last , Strutting and vap'ring in an empty school ...
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