Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... taste , Now fcorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From fultry funs , and in their fhaded walks And long - protracted bow'rs , enjoy'd at noon The gloom and coolnefs of declining day . We bear our ...
... taste , Now fcorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From fultry funs , and in their fhaded walks And long - protracted bow'rs , enjoy'd at noon The gloom and coolnefs of declining day . We bear our ...
Page 40
... taste no scenes But fuch as art contrives , poffefs ye ftill Your element ; there only ye can shine , There only minds like yours can do no harm . Our groves were planted to confole at noon The penfive wand'rer in their fhades . At eve ...
... taste no scenes But fuch as art contrives , poffefs ye ftill Your element ; there only ye can shine , There only minds like yours can do no harm . Our groves were planted to confole at noon The penfive wand'rer in their fhades . At eve ...
Page 86
... taste Of what is excellent in man , they thirst With fuch a zeal to be what they approve , That no restraints can circumfcribe them more , Than they themselves by choice , for wisdom's fake , Nor can example hurt them . What they fee Of ...
... taste Of what is excellent in man , they thirst With fuch a zeal to be what they approve , That no restraints can circumfcribe them more , Than they themselves by choice , for wisdom's fake , Nor can example hurt them . What they fee Of ...
Page 93
... taste thee unimpair'd and pure , Or tasting , long enjoy thee , too infirm Or too incautious to preserve thy sweets Unmixt with drops of bitter , which neglect Or temper sheds into thy chrystal cup . Thou art the nurse of virtue . In ...
... taste thee unimpair'd and pure , Or tasting , long enjoy thee , too infirm Or too incautious to preserve thy sweets Unmixt with drops of bitter , which neglect Or temper sheds into thy chrystal cup . Thou art the nurse of virtue . In ...
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... tastes his style . But never yet did philofophic tube , That brings the planets home into the eye Of obfervation , and discovers , elfe Not vifible , his family of worlds , Discover him that rules them ; fuch a veil Hangs over mortal ...
... tastes his style . But never yet did philofophic tube , That brings the planets home into the eye Of obfervation , and discovers , elfe Not vifible , his family of worlds , Discover him that rules them ; fuch a veil Hangs over mortal ...
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