Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themfelves at length In matted grafs , that with a livelier green Betrays the fecret of their filent course , Nature inanimate employs fweet founds , But animated Nature sweeter still , To foothe and ...
... fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themfelves at length In matted grafs , that with a livelier green Betrays the fecret of their filent course , Nature inanimate employs fweet founds , But animated Nature sweeter still , To foothe and ...
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... falls on me . At fuch a feason and with fuch a charge Once went I forth , and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we fince repair : ' Tis perch'd upon the green - hill top , but close Environ'd with a ring of branching ...
... falls on me . At fuch a feason and with fuch a charge Once went I forth , and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we fince repair : ' Tis perch'd upon the green - hill top , but close Environ'd with a ring of branching ...
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... next ; Between the upright shafts of whose tall elms We may difcern the thresher at his task . Thump after thump , refounds the constant flail , C 2 That That feems to fwing uncertain , and yet falls Full Book i . 19 THE SOFA .
... next ; Between the upright shafts of whose tall elms We may difcern the thresher at his task . Thump after thump , refounds the constant flail , C 2 That That feems to fwing uncertain , and yet falls Full Book i . 19 THE SOFA .
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William Cowper. That feems to fwing uncertain , and yet falls Full on the deftin'd ear . Wide flies the chaff ; The ruftling straw fends up a frequent mist Of atoms , fparkling in the noon - day beam . Come hither , ye that prefs your ...
William Cowper. That feems to fwing uncertain , and yet falls Full on the deftin'd ear . Wide flies the chaff ; The ruftling straw fends up a frequent mist Of atoms , fparkling in the noon - day beam . Come hither , ye that prefs your ...
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... 'd with a fword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , ftedfast but for you , A mutilated structure , foon to fall . THE TASK . BOOK II . ARGUMENT of the SECOND Book i . 41 THE SOFA .
... 'd with a fword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , ftedfast but for you , A mutilated structure , foon to fall . THE TASK . BOOK II . ARGUMENT of the SECOND Book i . 41 THE SOFA .
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Page 47 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Page 348 - The bottles twain, behind his back, were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke as they had basted been. But still he...
Page 354 - Ah luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear, For while he spake a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might As he had done before.
Page 271 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain for us ! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy, Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Page 218 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
Page 40 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...
Page 101 - Defend me therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up...
Page 19 - Ye fallen avenues ! once more I mourn Your fate unmerited, once more rejoice That yet a remnant of your race survives.
Page 139 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 137 - tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright...