Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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William Cowper. Sounds inharmonious in themfelves and harfh , Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their fake . Peace to the artift , whofe ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - houfe ...
William Cowper. Sounds inharmonious in themfelves and harfh , Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their fake . Peace to the artift , whofe ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - houfe ...
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... peaceful covert mine . Here , I have faid , at least I should poffefs The poet's treafure , filence , and indulge The dreams of fancy , tranquil and fecure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it ...
... peaceful covert mine . Here , I have faid , at least I should poffefs The poet's treafure , filence , and indulge The dreams of fancy , tranquil and fecure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it ...
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... Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in forrow . - Prodigies enumerated . - Sicilian earthquakes - Man rendered obnoxious to thefe calamities by fin . God the agent in them . - The philofophy that ...
... Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in forrow . - Prodigies enumerated . - Sicilian earthquakes - Man rendered obnoxious to thefe calamities by fin . God the agent in them . - The philofophy that ...
Page 47
... intercourse , Benevolence , and peace , and mutual aid , Between the nations , in a world that seems To toll the death - bell of its own decease , And And by the voice of all its elements . To Book ii . 47 THE TIMEPIECE .
... intercourse , Benevolence , and peace , and mutual aid , Between the nations , in a world that seems To toll the death - bell of its own decease , And And by the voice of all its elements . To Book ii . 47 THE TIMEPIECE .
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... peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie scatter'd where the shapely column stood . Her palaces are duft . In all her streets The voice of finging and the sprightly chord Are filent ...
... peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie scatter'd where the shapely column stood . Her palaces are duft . In all her streets The voice of finging and the sprightly chord Are filent ...
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