Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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... mind resorts , in chase of terms Though apt , yet coy , and difficult to win- To arrest the fleeting images , that fill The mirror of the mind , and hold them fast , And force them sit , till he has penciled off A faithful likeness of ...
... mind resorts , in chase of terms Though apt , yet coy , and difficult to win- To arrest the fleeting images , that fill The mirror of the mind , and hold them fast , And force them sit , till he has penciled off A faithful likeness of ...
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... mind , The mind contemplative , with some new theme Pregnant , or indisposed alike to all . Laugh ye , who boast your more mercurial powers , That never feel a stupor , know no pause , Nor need one ; I am conscious , and confess ...
... mind , The mind contemplative , with some new theme Pregnant , or indisposed alike to all . Laugh ye , who boast your more mercurial powers , That never feel a stupor , know no pause , Nor need one ; I am conscious , and confess ...
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... mind applied To serious thought at evening - tide . Autumnal rains had made it chill , And from the trees that fringed his hill , Shades slanting at the close of day Chilled more his else delightful way . Distant a little mile he spied ...
... mind applied To serious thought at evening - tide . Autumnal rains had made it chill , And from the trees that fringed his hill , Shades slanting at the close of day Chilled more his else delightful way . Distant a little mile he spied ...
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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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