Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... fields , and female feet , Too weak to struggle with tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are best at home , The task of new discov'ries falls on me . At such a season , and with such a charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till ...
... fields , and female feet , Too weak to struggle with tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are best at home , The task of new discov'ries falls on me . At such a season , and with such a charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till ...
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... field ; but , scatter'd by degrees , Each to his choice , soon whiten all the land . There , from the sun - burnt hay - field , homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lighten'd of its charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ...
... field ; but , scatter'd by degrees , Each to his choice , soon whiten all the land . There , from the sun - burnt hay - field , homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lighten'd of its charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ...
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... field For the unscented fictions of the loom ; Who , satisfied with only pencil'd scenes , Prefer to the performance of a God The inferior wonders of an artist's hand ! Lovely indeed the mimic works of art ; But Nature's works far ...
... field For the unscented fictions of the loom ; Who , satisfied with only pencil'd scenes , Prefer to the performance of a God The inferior wonders of an artist's hand ! Lovely indeed the mimic works of art ; But Nature's works far ...
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... salts ; his very heart athirst To gaze at Nature in her green array , Upon the ship's tall side he stands , possess'd With visions prompted by intense desire : Fair fields appear below , such as he left , 24 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... salts ; his very heart athirst To gaze at Nature in her green array , Upon the ship's tall side he stands , possess'd With visions prompted by intense desire : Fair fields appear below , such as he left , 24 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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William Cowper. Fair fields appear below , such as he left , Far distant , such as he would die to find- He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns ; The low'ring eye , the petulance , the ...
William Cowper. Fair fields appear below , such as he left , Far distant , such as he would die to find- He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns ; The low'ring eye , the petulance , the ...
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