Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... walks , Whose arm this twentieth winter I perceive Fast lock'd in mine , with pleasure such as love , Confirm'd by long experience of thy worth And well - tried virtues , could alone inspire- Witness THE TASK . BOOK I.
... walks , Whose arm this twentieth winter I perceive Fast lock'd in mine , with pleasure such as love , Confirm'd by long experience of thy worth And well - tried virtues , could alone inspire- Witness THE TASK . BOOK I.
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... rage home , Far - fetch'd and little worth ; nor seldom waits , Dependant on the baker's punctual call , To hear his creaking panniers at the door , Angry and sad , and his last crust consum'd . BOOK 1 . 13 THE SOFA .
... rage home , Far - fetch'd and little worth ; nor seldom waits , Dependant on the baker's punctual call , To hear his creaking panniers at the door , Angry and sad , and his last crust consum'd . BOOK 1 . 13 THE SOFA .
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... worth , the comforts it affords , And their's alone seems worthy of the name . Good health , and , its associate in most , Good temper ; spirits prompt to undertake , And not soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The pow'rs of fancy ...
... worth , the comforts it affords , And their's alone seems worthy of the name . Good health , and , its associate in most , Good temper ; spirits prompt to undertake , And not soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The pow'rs of fancy ...
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... , is not our trade . We travel far , ' tis true , but not for nought ; And must be brib'd , to compass earth again , By other hopes and richer fruits than your's . But , though true worth and virtue in the mild 36 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... , is not our trade . We travel far , ' tis true , but not for nought ; And must be brib'd , to compass earth again , By other hopes and richer fruits than your's . But , though true worth and virtue in the mild 36 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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William Cowper. But , though true worth and virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft : in proud and gay And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to ...
William Cowper. But , though true worth and virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft : in proud and gay And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to ...
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