Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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Page 7
... thou hast doubled long . Thou knoweft my praise of nature most fincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To ferve BOOK J. 7 THE SOFA . ད.
... thou hast doubled long . Thou knoweft my praise of nature most fincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To ferve BOOK J. 7 THE SOFA . ད.
Page 12
... thou feeming fweet , Be ftill a pleafing object in my view ; My vifit ftill , but never mine abode . Not diftant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now fcorned , but worthy of a better fate . Our ...
... thou feeming fweet , Be ftill a pleafing object in my view ; My vifit ftill , but never mine abode . Not diftant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now fcorned , but worthy of a better fate . Our ...
Page 29
... thou haft found again Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and yams , And homeftall thatched with leaves . But haft thou found Their former charms ? And having feen our ftate , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our gardens ...
... thou haft found again Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and yams , And homeftall thatched with leaves . But haft thou found Their former charms ? And having feen our ftate , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our gardens ...
Page 30
... thou art fad At thought of her forlorn and abject ftate , From which no power of thine can raise her up . Thus fancy paints thee , and though apt to err , Perhaps errs little when she paints thee thus . She tells me too that duly every ...
... thou art fad At thought of her forlorn and abject ftate , From which no power of thine can raise her up . Thus fancy paints thee , and though apt to err , Perhaps errs little when she paints thee thus . She tells me too that duly every ...
Page 47
... their fure effects ; Of action and re - action . He has found The fource of the disease , that nature feels , And bids the world take heart and banish fear . Thou fool ! will thy discovery of the cause Sufpend BOOK N. 47 THE TIME - PIECE .
... their fure effects ; Of action and re - action . He has found The fource of the disease , that nature feels , And bids the world take heart and banish fear . Thou fool ! will thy discovery of the cause Sufpend BOOK N. 47 THE TIME - PIECE .
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