Poems, Volume 1John Jones, 1790 - 298 pages |
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Page 71
... hope who never had a fear ; And he that never doubted of his state , He may perhaps - perhaps he may - too late . The path to blifs abounds with many a snare , Learning is one , and wit , however rare : The Frenchman , firft in literary ...
... hope who never had a fear ; And he that never doubted of his state , He may perhaps - perhaps he may - too late . The path to blifs abounds with many a snare , Learning is one , and wit , however rare : The Frenchman , firft in literary ...
Page 76
... hope to find a friend ? Sorrow might muse herself to madness then , And seeking exile from the fight of men , Bury herself in folitude profound , Grow frantic with her pangs and bite the ground . Thus often unbelief , grown fick of life ...
... hope to find a friend ? Sorrow might muse herself to madness then , And seeking exile from the fight of men , Bury herself in folitude profound , Grow frantic with her pangs and bite the ground . Thus often unbelief , grown fick of life ...
Page 84
... hope to dream of youth again , All speak her happy - let the muse look round From East to Weft , no forrow can be found , Or only what in cottages confin'd Sighs unregarded to the paffing wind ; Then wherefore weep for England , what ...
... hope to dream of youth again , All speak her happy - let the muse look round From East to Weft , no forrow can be found , Or only what in cottages confin'd Sighs unregarded to the paffing wind ; Then wherefore weep for England , what ...
Page 93
... hope for you ? When God arifes with an awful frown , To punish luft , or pluck presumption down ; When gifts perverted or not duly priz'd , Pleasure o'ervalued and his grace defpis'd , Provoke the vengeance of his righteous hand To pour ...
... hope for you ? When God arifes with an awful frown , To punish luft , or pluck presumption down ; When gifts perverted or not duly priz'd , Pleasure o'ervalued and his grace defpis'd , Provoke the vengeance of his righteous hand To pour ...
Page 100
... hope in Heav'n , fervility their scorn , Prompt to perfuade , expoftulate and warn , Their wisdom pure , and giv'n them from above , Their usefulness infur'd by zeal and love , As meek as the man Mofes , and withal As bold as in ...
... hope in Heav'n , fervility their scorn , Prompt to perfuade , expoftulate and warn , Their wisdom pure , and giv'n them from above , Their usefulness infur'd by zeal and love , As meek as the man Mofes , and withal As bold as in ...
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Page 183 - He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock it never is at home...
Page 256 - 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 135 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere : Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Page 56 - Hear the just law — the judgment of the skies! He that hates truth shall be the dupe of lies ; And he that -will be cheated to the last, Delusions strong as hell shall bind him fast.
Page 191 - 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 72 - 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 264 - Had cheered the village with his song, 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 off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark, So stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus right eloquent — Did you admire my lamp...
Page 81 - Since the dear hour, that brought me to thy foot, And cut up all my follies by the root, I never trusted in an arm but thine, Nor hoped but in thy righteousness divine...
Page 251 - Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own.
Page 174 - Ye powers, who rule the tongue, — if such there are, — And make colloquial happiness your care, Preserve me from the thing I dread and hate, A duel in the form of a debate.