Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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... falls , And fights again ; but finds his best essay A presage ominous , portending still Its own dishonour by a worse relapse . Till Nature , unavailing nature , foiled So oft , and wearied in the vain attempt , Scoffs at her own ...
... falls , And fights again ; but finds his best essay A presage ominous , portending still Its own dishonour by a worse relapse . Till Nature , unavailing nature , foiled So oft , and wearied in the vain attempt , Scoffs at her own ...
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... falling there , we burst : Or should the brambles , interposed , our fall In part abate , that happiness were small ; For with a race like theirs no chance I see Of peace or ease to creatures clad as we . Meantime , noise kills not . Be ...
... falling there , we burst : Or should the brambles , interposed , our fall In part abate , that happiness were small ; For with a race like theirs no chance I see Of peace or ease to creatures clad as we . Meantime , noise kills not . Be ...
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... fall , The rest might then seem privileged to play ; But , naming none , the Voice now speaks to ALL . Observe the dappled foresters , how light They bound , and airy o'er the sunny glade— One falls -- the rest , wide - scattered with ...
... fall , The rest might then seem privileged to play ; But , naming none , the Voice now speaks to ALL . Observe the dappled foresters , how light They bound , and airy o'er the sunny glade— One falls -- the rest , wide - scattered with ...
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THE TASK in Six Books | 1 |
Friendship 580 | 250 |
Stanzas subjoined to a Bill of Mortality for the year 1787 393 | 273 |
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