Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1787 |
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... bids man mark the fleeting hour , And death's own scythe would better speak his pow'r ; Then grace the boney phantom in their ftead With the king's fhoulder knot and gay cockade ; Cloath the twin brethren in each other's dress , The ...
... bids man mark the fleeting hour , And death's own scythe would better speak his pow'r ; Then grace the boney phantom in their ftead With the king's fhoulder knot and gay cockade ; Cloath the twin brethren in each other's dress , The ...
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... bids him draw , To fheath it in the peace - reftoring clofe , With joy , beyond what victory beftows , Bleft country ! where these kingly glories - fhine , Bleft England ! if this happiness be thine . A. Guard what you fay , the ...
... bids him draw , To fheath it in the peace - reftoring clofe , With joy , beyond what victory beftows , Bleft country ! where these kingly glories - fhine , Bleft England ! if this happiness be thine . A. Guard what you fay , the ...
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... Bids equity throughout his works prevail , And weighs the nations in an even fcale ; He can encourage flav'ry to a smile , And fill with difcontent a British ifle . A. Freeman and slave then , if the case be such , Stand on a level ...
... Bids equity throughout his works prevail , And weighs the nations in an even fcale ; He can encourage flav'ry to a smile , And fill with difcontent a British ifle . A. Freeman and slave then , if the case be such , Stand on a level ...
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... bidding of his hand . He gives the word , and mutiny foon roars In all her gates , and fhakes her diftant fhores ; The ftandards of all nations are unfurl'd , She has one foe , and that one foe , the world . And if he doom that people ...
... bidding of his hand . He gives the word , and mutiny foon roars In all her gates , and fhakes her diftant fhores ; The ftandards of all nations are unfurl'd , She has one foe , and that one foe , the world . And if he doom that people ...
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... bids the drunkard die , Is far too juft to pass the trifler by . Both baby - featur'd and of infant fize , View'd from a distance , and with heedlefs eyes , Folly and innocence are so alike , The diff'rence , though effential , fails to ...
... bids the drunkard die , Is far too juft to pass the trifler by . Both baby - featur'd and of infant fize , View'd from a distance , and with heedlefs eyes , Folly and innocence are so alike , The diff'rence , though effential , fails to ...
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