Poems, Volume 1Stereotyped and printed by Andrew Wilson for J. Johnson, 1808 - English poetry |
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Page i
... plays upon his face ; The sportive light , uncertain where it falls , Now strikes the roof , now flashes on the walls . A NEW EDITION , WITH HEAD AND TAIL - PIECES , Designed by THURSTON ; and Engraved ly Nesbit , Clennel , and Branston ...
... plays upon his face ; The sportive light , uncertain where it falls , Now strikes the roof , now flashes on the walls . A NEW EDITION , WITH HEAD AND TAIL - PIECES , Designed by THURSTON ; and Engraved ly Nesbit , Clennel , and Branston ...
Page 21
... mechanically formed in ranks , Playing , at beat of drum , their martial pranks , Shouldering and standing as if stuck to stone , While condescending majesty looks on ; If monarchy consist in such base things , Sighing , TABLE TALK . 21.
... mechanically formed in ranks , Playing , at beat of drum , their martial pranks , Shouldering and standing as if stuck to stone , While condescending majesty looks on ; If monarchy consist in such base things , Sighing , TABLE TALK . 21.
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... play ) To win no praise , when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censured when they fail ; To doubt the love his favourites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries ...
... play ) To win no praise , when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censured when they fail ; To doubt the love his favourites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries ...
Page 29
... play the wanton with her powers , Grow freakish , and overleaping every mound , Spread anarchy and terror all around ? B. Agreed . But would you sell or slay your horse For bounding and curvetting in his course ; Or if , when ridden ...
... play the wanton with her powers , Grow freakish , and overleaping every mound , Spread anarchy and terror all around ? B. Agreed . But would you sell or slay your horse For bounding and curvetting in his course ; Or if , when ridden ...
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... . But no prophetic fires to me belong ; I play with syllables , and sport in song . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , Where discipline helps opening buds of sense , And makes 33 TABLE TALK .
... . But no prophetic fires to me belong ; I play with syllables , and sport in song . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , Where discipline helps opening buds of sense , And makes 33 TABLE TALK .
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