Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1787 |
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... 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 fuccefs . B 2 A. ' Tis A. ' Tis your belief the world was ...
... 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 fuccefs . B 2 A. ' Tis A. ' Tis your belief the world was ...
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... pow'r maintains A Briton's fcorn of arbitrary chains ? That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets caft in lead . B. The caufe , tho ' worth the fearch , may yet eludę Conjecture and remark , however fhrewd ...
... pow'r maintains A Briton's fcorn of arbitrary chains ? That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets caft in lead . B. The caufe , tho ' worth the fearch , may yet eludę Conjecture and remark , however fhrewd ...
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... pow'r and tutelary care , As well be yok'd by defpotifm's hand , As dwell at large in Britain's charter'd land . B. No. Freedom has a thoufand charms to fhow , That flaves , howe'er contented , never know . The mind attains beneath her ...
... pow'r and tutelary care , As well be yok'd by defpotifm's hand , As dwell at large in Britain's charter'd land . B. No. Freedom has a thoufand charms to fhow , That flaves , howe'er contented , never know . The mind attains beneath her ...
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... pow'r The crifis of a dark decifive 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 ...
... pow'r The crifis of a dark decifive 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 ...
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... pow'r , fo loud , The form of mufic fhakes th ' aftonifh'd crowd . So when remote futurity is brought Before the keen enquiry of her thought , A terrible fagacity informs The poet's heart , he looks to diftant ftorms , He hears the ...
... pow'r , fo loud , The form of mufic fhakes th ' aftonifh'd crowd . So when remote futurity is brought Before the keen enquiry of her thought , A terrible fagacity informs The poet's heart , he looks to diftant ftorms , He hears the ...
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