Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1787 |
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... command , When providence means mercy to a land . He speaks , and they appear ; to him they owe Skill to direct , and ftrength to ftrike the blow , To manage with addrefs , to feize with pow'r The crifis of a dark decifive hour . So ...
... command , When providence means mercy to a land . He speaks , and they appear ; to him they owe Skill to direct , and ftrength to ftrike the blow , To manage with addrefs , to feize with pow'r The crifis of a dark decifive hour . So ...
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... command , And bend her polish'd neck beneath his hand , ( A dire effect , by one of nature's laws Unchangeably connected with its caufe ) But providence himself will intervene To throw his dark displeasure o'er the scene . All are his ...
... command , And bend her polish'd neck beneath his hand , ( A dire effect , by one of nature's laws Unchangeably connected with its caufe ) But providence himself will intervene To throw his dark displeasure o'er the scene . All are his ...
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... commands , in whom they place no trust . Vengeance at laft pours down upon their coast , A long defpis'd , but now ... command the lyre , Acts with a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whate'er the theme , that others never feel . If ...
... commands , in whom they place no trust . Vengeance at laft pours down upon their coast , A long defpis'd , but now ... command the lyre , Acts with a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whate'er the theme , that others never feel . If ...
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... command , But never peep beyond the thorny bound Or oaken fence that hems the paddoc round . In Eden ere yet innocence of heart Had faded , poetry was not an art ; Language above all teaching , or if taught , Only by gratitude and ...
... command , But never peep beyond the thorny bound Or oaken fence that hems the paddoc round . In Eden ere yet innocence of heart Had faded , poetry was not an art ; Language above all teaching , or if taught , Only by gratitude and ...
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... , Spendthrift alike of money and of wit , Always at speed and never drawing bit , He ftruck the lyre in fuch a careless mood , And fo difdain'd the rules he understood . D 2 The The laurel feem'd to wait on his command , He TABLE TALK 35.
... , Spendthrift alike of money and of wit , Always at speed and never drawing bit , He ftruck the lyre in fuch a careless mood , And fo difdain'd the rules he understood . D 2 The The laurel feem'd to wait on his command , He TABLE TALK 35.
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