Poems, Volume 1Stereotyped and printed by Andrew Wilson for J. Johnson, 1808 - English poetry |
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Page 36
... soon roars In all her gates , and shakes her distant shores ; The standards of all nations are unfurled ; She has one foe , and that one foe the world . And , if he doom that people with a frown , And mark them with a seal of wrath ...
... soon roars In all her gates , and shakes her distant shores ; The standards of all nations are unfurled ; She has one foe , and that one foe the world . And , if he doom that people with a frown , And mark them with a seal of wrath ...
Page 62
... soon Our sabbaths , closed with mummery and buf- foon . Preaching and pranks will share the motley scene , Our's parcelled out , as thine have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day ...
... soon Our sabbaths , closed with mummery and buf- foon . Preaching and pranks will share the motley scene , Our's parcelled out , as thine have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day ...
Page 68
... soon opening wide , In rushes folly with a full moon tide , Then welcome errors of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies . As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ; So sophistry cleaves ...
... soon opening wide , In rushes folly with a full moon tide , Then welcome errors of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies . As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ; So sophistry cleaves ...
Page 77
... soon fill the creeks around , Poisoning the waters where their swarms abound . Scorned by the nobler tenants of the flood , Minnows and gudgeons gorge the unwholesome food . The propagated myriads spread so fast , Even Lewenhoeck ...
... soon fill the creeks around , Poisoning the waters where their swarms abound . Scorned by the nobler tenants of the flood , Minnows and gudgeons gorge the unwholesome food . The propagated myriads spread so fast , Even Lewenhoeck ...
Page 80
... soon repaid In praise applied to the same part — his head . For ' tis a rule , that holds for ever true , Grant me discernment , and I grant it you . Patient of contradiction as a child , Affable , humble , diffident , and mild ; Such ...
... soon repaid In praise applied to the same part — his head . For ' tis a rule , that holds for ever true , Grant me discernment , and I grant it you . Patient of contradiction as a child , Affable , humble , diffident , and mild ; Such ...
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