Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1787 |
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Page 95
... close , Where the betray'd , forfaken and opprefs'd , The thousands whom the world forbids to reft , Where should they find ( thofe comforts at an end The fcripture yields ) or hope to find a friend ? Sorrow might muse herself to ...
... close , Where the betray'd , forfaken and opprefs'd , The thousands whom the world forbids to reft , Where should they find ( thofe comforts at an end The fcripture yields ) or hope to find a friend ? Sorrow might muse herself to ...
Page 119
William Cowper. Succeffive loads fucceeding broils impofe , And fighing millions prophefy the close . Is adverse providence , when ponder'd well , So dimly writ or difficult to spell , Thou canst not read with readiness and ease ...
William Cowper. Succeffive loads fucceeding broils impofe , And fighing millions prophefy the close . Is adverse providence , when ponder'd well , So dimly writ or difficult to spell , Thou canst not read with readiness and ease ...
Page 120
... close mischief naked in his fight . Stand now and judge thyfelf - hast thou incurr'd who can waste thee with a word , His anger , Who poises and proportions sea and land , Weighing them in the hollow of his hand , And in whofe awful ...
... close mischief naked in his fight . Stand now and judge thyfelf - hast thou incurr'd who can waste thee with a word , His anger , Who poises and proportions sea and land , Weighing them in the hollow of his hand , And in whofe awful ...
Page 145
... forget , or deem it worth no thought , Who bids him shine , or if he shine or not ; Through mere neceffity to close his eyes Just when the larks and when the shepherds rife , Is fuch a life , fo tediously the fame , L / Is HOPE . 145.
... forget , or deem it worth no thought , Who bids him shine , or if he shine or not ; Through mere neceffity to close his eyes Just when the larks and when the shepherds rife , Is fuch a life , fo tediously the fame , L / Is HOPE . 145.
Page 155
... close but in despair , ' Twas there we found them , and must leave them there , As , when two pilgrims in a forest stray , Both may be loft , yet each in his own way , So fares it with the multitudes beguil'd , In vain opinion's waste ...
... close but in despair , ' Twas there we found them , and must leave them there , As , when two pilgrims in a forest stray , Both may be loft , yet each in his own way , So fares it with the multitudes beguil'd , In vain opinion's waste ...
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