Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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Page 19
... Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice That yet a remnant of your race survives . How airy and how light the graceful arch , Yet awful as the consecrated roof Re - echoing pious anthems ! while beneath The chequer'd earth seems ...
... Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice That yet a remnant of your race survives . How airy and how light the graceful arch , Yet awful as the consecrated roof Re - echoing pious anthems ! while beneath The chequer'd earth seems ...
Page 20
... your beds of down , And sleep not : see him sweating o'er his bread Before he eats it .- ' Tis the primal curse , But soften'd into mercy ; made the pledge Of cheerful days , and nights without a groan . By ceaseless action all that is ...
... your beds of down , And sleep not : see him sweating o'er his bread Before he eats it .- ' Tis the primal curse , But soften'd into mercy ; made the pledge Of cheerful days , and nights without a groan . By ceaseless action all that is ...
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... 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 .
... 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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... Your songs confound Our more harmonious notes : the thrush departs Scar'd , and th ' offended nightingale is mute . There is a public mischief in your mirth ; It plagues your country . Folly such as your's , Grac'd with a sword , and ...
... Your songs confound Our more harmonious notes : the thrush departs Scar'd , and th ' offended nightingale is mute . There is a public mischief in your mirth ; It plagues your country . Folly such as your's , Grac'd with a sword , and ...
Page 47
... your empire ; that where Britain's pow'r Is felt , mankind may feel her mercy too . Sure there is need of social intercourse , Benevolence , and peace , and mutual aid , Between the nations , in a world that seems To toll the death ...
... your empire ; that where Britain's pow'r Is felt , mankind may feel her mercy too . Sure there is need of social intercourse , Benevolence , and peace , and mutual aid , Between the nations , in a world that seems To toll the death ...
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