Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... Winter Evening V. The Winter Morning Walk 179 VI . The Winter Walk at Noon 229 An Epistle to Jofeph Hill , Efq ; 285 Tirocinium : Or , A Review of Schools 289 The Hiftory of John Gilpin 343 TA THE A S K , P O E M.
... Winter Evening V. The Winter Morning Walk 179 VI . The Winter Walk at Noon 229 An Epistle to Jofeph Hill , Efq ; 285 Tirocinium : Or , A Review of Schools 289 The Hiftory of John Gilpin 343 TA THE A S K , P O E M.
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... , Whofe arm this twentieth winter I perceive Faft lock'd in mine , with pleafure fuch as love , Confirm'd by long experience of thy worth And And well - tried virtues , could alone inspire- Witness THE TASK . Book i .
... , Whofe arm this twentieth winter I perceive Faft lock'd in mine , with pleafure fuch as love , Confirm'd by long experience of thy worth And And well - tried virtues , could alone inspire- Witness THE TASK . Book i .
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... Winter foaks the fields , and female feet , Too weak to ftruggle with tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are beft at home , The task of new difcov'ries falls on me . At fuch a feafon and with fuch a charge Once went I forth , and ...
... Winter foaks the fields , and female feet , Too weak to ftruggle with tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are beft at home , The task of new difcov'ries falls on me . At fuch a feafon and with fuch a charge Once went I forth , and ...
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... winter fills again . The folded gates would bar my progress now , But that the Lord of this inclos'd demefne , Communicative of the good he owns , Admits me to a fhare : the guiltlefs eye Commits no wrong , nor waftes what it enjoys ...
... winter fills again . The folded gates would bar my progress now , But that the Lord of this inclos'd demefne , Communicative of the good he owns , Admits me to a fhare : the guiltlefs eye Commits no wrong , nor waftes what it enjoys ...
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... the town even in the winter . Reasons why it is deferted at that Jeafon . - Ruinous effects of gaming and of expenfive improvement . Book concludes with an apostrophe to the metropolis . - THE T A S K. воок III . THE GARDE.
... the town even in the winter . Reasons why it is deferted at that Jeafon . - Ruinous effects of gaming and of expenfive improvement . Book concludes with an apostrophe to the metropolis . - THE T A S K. воок III . THE GARDE.
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