Poems: The task, a poem, ... to which are added, by the same author, an Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools, and the History of John Gilpin. 2J. Johnson, 1785 |
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... whofe notes Nice - finger'd art must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that fwim fublime In still repeated circles , screaming loud , The jay , the pie , and ev'n the boding owl That hails the rifing moon , have charms for ...
... whofe notes Nice - finger'd art must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that fwim fublime In still repeated circles , screaming loud , The jay , the pie , and ev'n the boding owl That hails the rifing moon , have charms for ...
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... whofe ingenious thought Devised the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains Forth steps the man , an emblem of myself , More delicate his tim'rous mate retires . When Winter foaks the fields , and ...
... whofe ingenious thought Devised the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains Forth steps the man , an emblem of myself , More delicate his tim'rous mate retires . When Winter foaks the fields , and ...
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... grove receives us next ; Between the upright fhafts of whofe tall elms We may difcern the thresher at his task . Thump after thump , refounds the conftant flail , C 2 That That feems to fwing uncertain , and yet falls Full [ 19. ]
... grove receives us next ; Between the upright fhafts of whofe tall elms We may difcern the thresher at his task . Thump after thump , refounds the conftant flail , C 2 That That feems to fwing uncertain , and yet falls Full [ 19. ]
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... whofe fhrine Who oft'neft facrifice are favor'd leaft . The love of Nature , and the fcenes fhe draws Is Nature's dictate . Strange ! there fhould be found Who felf - imprifon'd in their proud faloons , Renounce the odors of the open ...
... whofe fhrine Who oft'neft facrifice are favor'd leaft . The love of Nature , and the fcenes fhe draws Is Nature's dictate . Strange ! there fhould be found Who felf - imprifon'd in their proud faloons , Renounce the odors of the open ...
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... whofe haggard eyes Flash desperation , and betray their pangs For property ftripp'd off by cruel chance ; From gaiety that fills the bones with pain , The mouth with blafphemy , the heart with woe . The earth was made fo various , that ...
... whofe haggard eyes Flash desperation , and betray their pangs For property ftripp'd off by cruel chance ; From gaiety that fills the bones with pain , The mouth with blafphemy , the heart with woe . The earth was made fo various , that ...
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