Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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Page 22
... clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran shows , and , gracing a gray beard With youthful smiles , descends toward the Sprightly , and old almost without decay . grave Like a coy maiden ...
... clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran shows , and , gracing a gray beard With youthful smiles , descends toward the Sprightly , and old almost without decay . grave Like a coy maiden ...
Page 53
... clear , And none than we more guilty . But , where all Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may choose his mark : May punish , if he please , the less , to warn The more malignant . If he spar'd not ...
... clear , And none than we more guilty . But , where all Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may choose his mark : May punish , if he please , the less , to warn The more malignant . If he spar'd not ...
Page 62
... of virtue's cause . There stands the messenger of truth ; there stands The legate of the skies ! -His theme divine , His office sacred , his credentials clear . By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; 62 BOOK II . THE TASK .
... of virtue's cause . There stands the messenger of truth ; there stands The legate of the skies ! -His theme divine , His office sacred , his credentials clear . By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; 62 BOOK II . THE TASK .
Page 105
... clear , and argument exact ? That makes a minister in holy things The joy of many , and the dread of more , His name a theme for praise and for reproach ? — That , while it gives us worth in God's account , Depreciates and undoes us in ...
... clear , and argument exact ? That makes a minister in holy things The joy of many , and the dread of more , His name a theme for praise and for reproach ? — That , while it gives us worth in God's account , Depreciates and undoes us in ...
Page 110
... To him that leads it , wise , and to be prais'd ; But wisdom is a pearl with most success Sought in still water , and beneath clear skies . I.Stothard Del . Published Feb. 1798 , by KJohnson , 110 BOOK III . THE TASK .
... To him that leads it , wise , and to be prais'd ; But wisdom is a pearl with most success Sought in still water , and beneath clear skies . I.Stothard Del . Published Feb. 1798 , by KJohnson , 110 BOOK III . THE TASK .
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