Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1787 |
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... 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 fame their occupation and ...
... 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 fame their occupation and ...
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... hour . So Gideon earn'd a vict'ry not his own , Subferviency his praise , and that alone . Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with ev'ry ill but that of fear . The nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey , They fwarm around ...
... hour . So Gideon earn'd a vict'ry not his own , Subferviency his praise , and that alone . Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with ev'ry ill but that of fear . The nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey , They fwarm around ...
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... hour already come , And a complete recov'ry struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , luft , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs muít , And that a nation fhamefully debas'd , Will be defpis'd and trampled on at laft , Unless sweet ...
... hour already come , And a complete recov'ry struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , luft , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs muít , And that a nation fhamefully debas'd , Will be defpis'd and trampled on at laft , Unless sweet ...
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... hours , And like a scatter'd feed at random fown , Was left to fpring by vigor of his own . Lifted at length by dignity of thought , And dint of genius to an affluent lot , He laid his head in luxury's foft lap , And took too often ...
... hours , And like a scatter'd feed at random fown , Was left to fpring by vigor of his own . Lifted at length by dignity of thought , And dint of genius to an affluent lot , He laid his head in luxury's foft lap , And took too often ...
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... bow'r , Sweet harmony that foothes the midnight hour ; Long ere the charioteer of day had run His morning course , the enchantment was begun , And And he fhall gild yon mountains height again , Ere 44 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
... bow'r , Sweet harmony that foothes the midnight hour ; Long ere the charioteer of day had run His morning course , the enchantment was begun , And And he fhall gild yon mountains height again , Ere 44 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
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