Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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Page 11
... fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length In matted grass , that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course . Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds , But animated nature sweeter still , To sooth and ...
... fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length In matted grass , that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course . Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds , But animated nature sweeter still , To sooth and ...
Page 12
... falls on me . At such a season , and with such a charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : ' Tis perch'd upon the green - hill top , but close Environ'd with a ring of ...
... falls on me . At such a season , and with such a charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : ' Tis perch'd upon the green - hill top , but close Environ'd with a ring of ...
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... falls Full on the destin'd ear . Wide flies the chaff . The rustling straw sends up a frequent mist Of atoms , sparkling in the noon - day beam . Come hither , ye that press your beds of down , And sleep not : see him sweating o'er his ...
... falls Full on the destin'd ear . Wide flies the chaff . The rustling straw sends up a frequent mist Of atoms , sparkling in the noon - day beam . Come hither , ye that press your beds of down , And sleep not : see him sweating o'er his ...
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... 'd with a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , stedfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . THE TASK . BOOK II . ARGUMENT OF THE SECOND BOOK I. 41 THE SOFA .
... 'd with a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , stedfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . THE TASK . BOOK II . ARGUMENT OF THE SECOND BOOK I. 41 THE SOFA .
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... Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire . He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own ; and , having pow'r 1 T'enforce the wrong , for such a worthy cause The Time-Piece.
... Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire . He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own ; and , having pow'r 1 T'enforce the wrong , for such a worthy cause The Time-Piece.
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