Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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Page 16
... - rolled walks , With curvature of flow and easy sweep- Deception innocent - give ample space To narrow bounds . The grove receives us next ; Between the upright fhafts of whofe tall elms We may 16 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... - rolled walks , With curvature of flow and easy sweep- Deception innocent - give ample space To narrow bounds . The grove receives us next ; Between the upright fhafts of whofe tall elms We may 16 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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... gives the fair Sweet fmiles , and bloom lefs tranfient than her own . It is the conftant revolution , ftale And taftelefs , of the fame repeated joys , That palls and fatiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's pack , that bows the ...
... gives the fair Sweet fmiles , and bloom lefs tranfient than her own . It is the conftant revolution , ftale And taftelefs , of the fame repeated joys , That palls and fatiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's pack , that bows the ...
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... Gives more than female beauty to a stone , And Chatham's eloquence to marble lips . Nor does the chiffel occupy alone The powers of sculpture , but the style as much ; Each province of her art her equal care . With nice incifion of her ...
... Gives more than female beauty to a stone , And Chatham's eloquence to marble lips . Nor does the chiffel occupy alone The powers of sculpture , but the style as much ; Each province of her art her equal care . With nice incifion of her ...
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... gives them all their fury ; bids a plague Kindle a fiery boil upon the fkin , And putrify the breath of blooming health . He calls for famine , and the meagre fiend Blows mildew from between his fhrivelled lips , And taints the golden ...
... gives them all their fury ; bids a plague Kindle a fiery boil upon the fkin , And putrify the breath of blooming health . He calls for famine , and the meagre fiend Blows mildew from between his fhrivelled lips , And taints the golden ...
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... gives his direft foe a friend's embrace . And , fhamed as we have been , to the very beard Braved and defied , and in our own fea proved Too weak for thofe decifive blows , that once Enfured us maftery there , we yet retain Some small ...
... gives his direft foe a friend's embrace . And , fhamed as we have been , to the very beard Braved and defied , and in our own fea proved Too weak for thofe decifive blows , that once Enfured us maftery there , we yet retain Some small ...
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