Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... loft behind a rifing ground , the wood Seems funk , and shorten'd to its topmost boughs . No tree in all the grove but has its charms , Though each its hue peculiar ; paler fome , And of a wannish grey ; the willow fuch , And poplar ...
... loft behind a rifing ground , the wood Seems funk , and shorten'd to its topmost boughs . No tree in all the grove but has its charms , Though each its hue peculiar ; paler fome , And of a wannish grey ; the willow fuch , And poplar ...
Page 18
... By short transition we have loft his glare , And stepp'd at once into a cooler clime . Ye fallen avenues ! once more I mourn * See the foregoing note . Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice That yet a 7 Your 18 THE TASK . Book i.
... By short transition we have loft his glare , And stepp'd at once into a cooler clime . Ye fallen avenues ! once more I mourn * See the foregoing note . Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice That yet a 7 Your 18 THE TASK . Book i.
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... thy fimple friends , Thy fimple fare , and all thy plain delights , As dear to thee as once ? And have thy joys Loft nothing by comparison with ours ? * Omia . Rude Rude as thou art ( for we return'd thee rude 34 Book i . THE TAS K.
... thy fimple friends , Thy fimple fare , and all thy plain delights , As dear to thee as once ? And have thy joys Loft nothing by comparison with ours ? * Omia . Rude Rude as thou art ( for we return'd thee rude 34 Book i . THE TAS K.
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... loft an empire - let it pass . True , we may thank the perfidy of France That pick'd the jewel out of England's crown , With all the cunning of an envious fhrew . And let that pass - ' twas but a trick of state . A brave man knows no ...
... loft an empire - let it pass . True , we may thank the perfidy of France That pick'd the jewel out of England's crown , With all the cunning of an envious fhrew . And let that pass - ' twas but a trick of state . A brave man knows no ...
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... the 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 .
... the 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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