Poems: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Johnson, 1788 - 359 pages |
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Page 3
... close , or needle - work fublime . There might ye fee the piony spread wide , The full - blown rofe , the fhepherd and his lass , Lap - dog and lambkin with black staring eyes , And parrots with twin cherries in their beak . Now came ...
... close , or needle - work fublime . There might ye fee the piony spread wide , The full - blown rofe , the fhepherd and his lass , Lap - dog and lambkin with black staring eyes , And parrots with twin cherries in their beak . Now came ...
Page 5
... Close pack'd and smiling in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame By foft recumbency of outftretch'd limbs , Was bliss referv'd for happier days . So flow The growth of what is excellent , fo hard T'attain perfection in ...
... Close pack'd and smiling in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame By foft recumbency of outftretch'd limbs , Was bliss referv'd for happier days . So flow The growth of what is excellent , fo hard T'attain perfection in ...
Page 7
... close cropt by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs : have lov'd the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by rivers brink , E'er fince a truant boy I pafs'd my bounds T ' enjoy a ramble on ...
... close cropt by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs : have lov'd the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by rivers brink , E'er fince a truant boy I pafs'd my bounds T ' enjoy a ramble on ...
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... close Environ'd with a ring of branching elms That overhang the thatch , itself unfeen Peeps at the vale below ; fo thick befet 2 . With With foliage of fuch dark redundant growth , I call'd 12 Book i . THE TA A S K.
... close Environ'd with a ring of branching elms That overhang the thatch , itself unfeen Peeps at the vale below ; fo thick befet 2 . With With foliage of fuch dark redundant growth , I call'd 12 Book i . THE TA A S K.
Page 66
... a well - bred whisper close the scene , In man or woman , but far most in man , And most of all in man that minifters And ferves the altar , in my foul I loath All All affectation . ' Tis my perfect fçorn ; Object 66 Book ii . THE TAS K.
... a well - bred whisper close the scene , In man or woman , but far most in man , And most of all in man that minifters And ferves the altar , in my foul I loath All All affectation . ' Tis my perfect fçorn ; Object 66 Book ii . THE TAS K.
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