Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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Page 85
... folly , but to spoil him is a task , That bids defiance to the united powers Of fashion , dissipation , taverns , stews . Now blame we most the nurslings or the nurse ? The children crooked , and twisted , and deformed , Through want of ...
... folly , but to spoil him is a task , That bids defiance to the united powers Of fashion , dissipation , taverns , stews . Now blame we most the nurslings or the nurse ? The children crooked , and twisted , and deformed , Through want of ...
Page 174
... folly , gallantry for every vice . But slighted as it is , and by the great Abandoned , and , which still I more regret , Infected with the manners and the modes , It knew not once , the country wins me still . I never framed a wish ...
... folly , gallantry for every vice . But slighted as it is , and by the great Abandoned , and , which still I more regret , Infected with the manners and the modes , It knew not once , the country wins me still . I never framed a wish ...
Page 308
... folly feeds . The slaves of custom and established mode , With pack - horse constancy we keep the road , Crooked or straight , through quags or thorny dells , True to the jingling of our leader's bells . To follow foolish precedents ...
... folly feeds . The slaves of custom and established mode , With pack - horse constancy we keep the road , Crooked or straight , through quags or thorny dells , True to the jingling of our leader's bells . To follow foolish precedents ...
Contents
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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Æsop Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast bound breath cause charge charms creatures dæmons death deem delight distant divine dread dream earth ease ev'n fair fame fancy farewell flight fear feed feel fieldfare flowers folly fountain of eternal fruit give glory grace grave groves hand happy happy prisoners hast heard heart heaven honour human John Throckmorton labour less life's live lyre mind mischief mounted best nature nature's Nebaioth never numbers o'er once peace perhaps play pleasure plebeian praise prize Profusion proud prove rest rude sacred scene schools scorn seek seems sensual world shade shine skies smile song soon soul sound street's end suspiria sweet task taste thee their's theme thine thou art toil truth Twas virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER winds wisdom wise wisely store wonder worth youth