Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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Page 67
... truth , Difplaying his own beauty , ftarves his flock , Therefore , avaunt ! all attitude and ftare , And ftart theatric , practifed at the glass , I seek divine fimplicity in him Who handles things divine ; and all befide , Though ...
... truth , Difplaying his own beauty , ftarves his flock , Therefore , avaunt ! all attitude and ftare , And ftart theatric , practifed at the glass , I seek divine fimplicity in him Who handles things divine ; and all befide , Though ...
Page 70
... truth and foberness affail'd in vain . Oh , popular applaufe ! what heart of man Is proof against thy fweet feducing charms ? The wifeft and the best feel urgent need Of all their caution in thy gentleft gales ; But fwell'd into a gust ...
... truth and foberness affail'd in vain . Oh , popular applaufe ! what heart of man Is proof against thy fweet feducing charms ? The wifeft and the best feel urgent need Of all their caution in thy gentleft gales ; But fwell'd into a gust ...
Page 71
... truth is from the fempiternal source Of light divine . But Egypt , Greece , and Rome , Drew from the ftream below . More favor'd , we Drink , when we chufe it , at the fountain head . To them it flow'd much mingled and defil'd With ...
... truth is from the fempiternal source Of light divine . But Egypt , Greece , and Rome , Drew from the ftream below . More favor'd , we Drink , when we chufe it , at the fountain head . To them it flow'd much mingled and defil'd With ...
Page 73
... truth , Their thirst of knowledge , and their candour too . And thus it is . The paftor , either vain By nature , or by flatt'ry made fo , taught To gaze at his own fplendor , and t'exalt Abfurdly , not his office , but himself ; Or ...
... truth , Their thirst of knowledge , and their candour too . And thus it is . The paftor , either vain By nature , or by flatt'ry made fo , taught To gaze at his own fplendor , and t'exalt Abfurdly , not his office , but himself ; Or ...
Page 74
... truths that man has ever seen . For ghostly counsel , if it either fall Below the exigence , or be not back'd With show of love , at least with hopeful proof Of fome fincerity on the giver's part ; Or be dishonor'd in th ' exterior form ...
... truths that man has ever seen . For ghostly counsel , if it either fall Below the exigence , or be not back'd With show of love , at least with hopeful proof Of fome fincerity on the giver's part ; Or be dishonor'd in th ' exterior form ...
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