Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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... To flumber in the carriage more secure , Nor fleep enjoyed by curate in his desk , Nor yet the dozings of the clerk , are sweet . Compared with the repose the SOFA yields . Oh may I live exempted ( while I live Guiltless BOOK I. THE SOFA .
... To flumber in the carriage more secure , Nor fleep enjoyed by curate in his desk , Nor yet the dozings of the clerk , are sweet . Compared with the repose the SOFA yields . Oh may I live exempted ( while I live Guiltless BOOK I. THE SOFA .
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William Cowper. Oh may I live exempted ( while I live Guiltless of pampered appetite obfcene ) From pangs arthritic , that infest the toe Of libertine excefs . The SOFA fuits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though on a ...
William Cowper. Oh may I live exempted ( while I live Guiltless of pampered appetite obfcene ) From pangs arthritic , that infest the toe Of libertine excefs . The SOFA fuits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though on a ...
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... live long night : nor thefe alone , whoíe notes Nice fingered art must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that swim fublime In till repeated circles , screaming loud , The jay , the pie , and even the boding owl , That hails ...
... live long night : nor thefe alone , whoíe notes Nice fingered art must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that swim fublime In till repeated circles , screaming loud , The jay , the pie , and even the boding owl , That hails ...
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... lives but while she moves . Its own revolvency upholds the world . Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Elfe noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes , and streams , All feel the freshening impulse ...
... lives but while she moves . Its own revolvency upholds the world . Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Elfe noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes , and streams , All feel the freshening impulse ...
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... live . Then wherefore not renounce them ? No - the dread , The flavish dread of folitude , that breeds Reflection and remorfe , the fear of fhame , And their inveterate habits , all forbid . Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long ...
... live . Then wherefore not renounce them ? No - the dread , The flavish dread of folitude , that breeds Reflection and remorfe , the fear of fhame , And their inveterate habits , all forbid . Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long ...
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Page 317 - Wouldst softly speak and stroke my head and smile — Could those few pleasant days again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart : the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might.
Page 197 - The night was winter in his roughest mood ; The morning sharp and clear. But now at noon Upon the southern side of the slant hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene below.
Page 119 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 220 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Page 41 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.
Page 228 - To stroke his azure neck, or to receive The lambent homage of his arrowy tongue. All creatures worship man, and all mankind One Lord, one Father.
Page 121 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat. To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Page 354 - Puss was tamed by gentle usage; Tiney was not to be tamed at all ; and Bess had a courage and confidence that made him tame from the beginning. I always admitted them into the parlour after supper, when, the carpet affording their feet a firm hold, they would frisk, and bound, and play a thousand gambols...
Page 328 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, .
Page 185 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor, perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own.