Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1798 |
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... may feem to expofe myself to the dan- ger of it . But the thought of having my own name perpetuated in connection with the name in the title page , is fo pleafing and flattering to the feelings of my heart , that I am content A 2.
... may feem to expofe myself to the dan- ger of it . But the thought of having my own name perpetuated in connection with the name in the title page , is fo pleafing and flattering to the feelings of my heart , that I am content A 2.
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... thofe optics are but dim That tell you fo - fay , rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could they , or would they , reafon as they ought . . The diadem , with mighty projects lin'd , To B 2 TABLE 3 TALK .
... thofe optics are but dim That tell you fo - fay , rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could they , or would they , reafon as they ought . . The diadem , with mighty projects lin'd , To B 2 TABLE 3 TALK .
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... thoughts contemplative have dwelt On fituations that they never felt , Start up fagacious , covered with the duft Of dreaming ftudy and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world and they were hand ...
... thoughts contemplative have dwelt On fituations that they never felt , Start up fagacious , covered with the duft Of dreaming ftudy and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world and they were hand ...
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... thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recov'ry struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , luft , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs muft , And that a nation fhamefully debas'd , Will be defpis'd and trampled on at ...
... thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recov'ry struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , luft , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs muft , And that a nation fhamefully debas'd , Will be defpis'd and trampled on at ...
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... thought , A terrible fagacity informs The poet's heart ; he looks to diftant storms ; He hears the thunder ere the tempeft low'rs ; And , arm'd with ftrength furpaffing human pow'rs , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his ...
... thought , A terrible fagacity informs The poet's heart ; he looks to diftant storms ; He hears the thunder ere the tempeft low'rs ; And , arm'd with ftrength furpaffing human pow'rs , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his ...
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Page 311 - The meek intelligence of those dear eyes (Blest be the art that can immortalize, The art that baffles Time's tyrannic claim To quench it) here shines on me still the same.
Page 263 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 205 - That reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted, sojourn here — The new acquaintance soon became a guest, And made so welcome at their simple feast, He...
Page 313 - Robin, day by day, Drew me to school along the public way, Delighted with my bauble coach, and wrapt In scarlet mantle warm, and velvet capt, 'Tis now become a history little known, That once we call'd the past'ral house our own.
Page 77 - Just knows, and knows no more, her bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies.
Page 272 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Page 173 - When one, that holds communion with the skies, Has filled his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with us meaner things, 'Tis e'en as if an angel shook his wings ; Immortal fragrance fills the circuit wide, That tells us whence his treasures are supplied.
Page 313 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...
Page 280 - Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far...
Page 311 - Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly as the precept were her own: And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.