Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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Page 10
... must be beautiful which daily view'd Please daily , and whose novelty furvives Long knowledge and the fcrutiny of years . Praife juftly due to thofe that I describe . Nor rural fights alone , but rural founds Exhilarate the fpirit , and ...
... must be beautiful which daily view'd Please daily , and whose novelty furvives Long knowledge and the fcrutiny of years . Praife juftly due to thofe that I describe . Nor rural fights alone , but rural founds Exhilarate the fpirit , and ...
Page 11
... must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that fwim fublime In still repeated circles , fcreaming loud ; The jay , the pie , and ev'n the boding owl That hails the rifing moon , have charms for me , Sounds Sounds inharmonious ...
... must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that fwim fublime In still repeated circles , fcreaming loud ; The jay , the pie , and ev'n the boding owl That hails the rifing moon , have charms for me , Sounds Sounds inharmonious ...
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... must be brib'd to compass earth again By other hopes and richer fruits than yours . But though true worth and virtue , in the mild And genial foil of cultivated life Thrive moft , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities ...
... must be brib'd to compass earth again By other hopes and richer fruits than yours . But though true worth and virtue , in the mild And genial foil of cultivated life Thrive moft , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities ...
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... must die . Storms rife t ' o'erwhelm him : or if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And needing none affiftance of the storm , Shall roll themselves afhore , and reach him there . The The earth fhall fhake him ...
... must die . Storms rife t ' o'erwhelm him : or if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And needing none affiftance of the storm , Shall roll themselves afhore , and reach him there . The The earth fhall fhake him ...
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... Must stand acknowledg'd , while the world fhall ftand , The most important and effectual guard , Support and ornament of virtue's cause . There ftands the meffenger of truth . There ftands . The legate of the fkies . His theme divine ...
... Must stand acknowledg'd , while the world fhall ftand , The most important and effectual guard , Support and ornament of virtue's cause . There ftands the meffenger of truth . There ftands . The legate of the fkies . His theme divine ...
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