Poems, Τόμος 1J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church Yard, 1786 |
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Σελίδα 9
... taste His gall'ries with the works of art well grac'd , To hear it call'd extravagance and waste , If these attendants , and if fuch as these , Muft follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy the ...
... taste His gall'ries with the works of art well grac'd , To hear it call'd extravagance and waste , If these attendants , and if fuch as these , Muft follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy the ...
Σελίδα 27
... taste Is fo refin'd and delicate and chaste , That verfe , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all fuccefs depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If fentiment ...
... taste Is fo refin'd and delicate and chaste , That verfe , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all fuccefs depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If fentiment ...
Σελίδα 32
... taste : But when the fecond Charles affum'd the sway , And arts reviv'd beneath a fofter day , Then like a bow long forc'd into a curve , The mind releas'd from too conftrain'd a nerve , Flew to its first position with a spring That ...
... taste : But when the fecond Charles affum'd the sway , And arts reviv'd beneath a fofter day , Then like a bow long forc'd into a curve , The mind releas'd from too conftrain'd a nerve , Flew to its first position with a spring That ...
Σελίδα 50
... courfe athletic caft , The rank debauch fuits Clodio's filthy taste . Rufillus , exquifitely form'd by rule , Not of the moral , but the dancing school , Wonders Wonders at Clodio's follies , in a tone As tragical ( 50 )
... courfe athletic caft , The rank debauch fuits Clodio's filthy taste . Rufillus , exquifitely form'd by rule , Not of the moral , but the dancing school , Wonders Wonders at Clodio's follies , in a tone As tragical ( 50 )
Σελίδα 52
... virtue less , Still hurtful , in th ' abufe , or by th ' excess . Is man then only for his torment plac'd , Ithe center of delights he may not taste ? 1 Like fabled Tantalus condemn'd to hear The precious ftream ftill Like ( 52 )
... virtue less , Still hurtful , in th ' abufe , or by th ' excess . Is man then only for his torment plac'd , Ithe center of delights he may not taste ? 1 Like fabled Tantalus condemn'd to hear The precious ftream ftill Like ( 52 )
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againſt becauſe beneath beſt bleft boaſt breaſt caufe cauſe charms clofe cloſe courſe defign diftant divine dream earth eaſe elfe ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faft fame faſhion fcene fcorn fear fecure feek feel feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhine fhow fide filent firſt fkies flave fleep flow'rs fmile folly fome fong foon form'd foul fpring ftands ftill fuch fupplied fure fweet grace happineſs heart heav'n himſelf itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs light loft luft mind moft moſt mufe mufic muft muſt nature never o'er once peace pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe purpoſe reft reſt rife ſcene ſchool ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtream ſweet taſk taſte thee thefe themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand truth uſe virtue wafte whofe whoſe wiſdom worfe
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Σελίδα 42 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Σελίδα 215 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor, perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own.
Σελίδα 135 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Σελίδα 341 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more.
Σελίδα 43 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Σελίδα 347 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case.
Σελίδα 342 - Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he...
Σελίδα 338 - For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more.
Σελίδα 265 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain for us ! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy, Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Σελίδα 202 - When one, that holds communion with the skies, Has filled his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with us meaner things, 'Tis e'en as if an angel shook his wings ; Immortal fragrance fills the circuit wide, That tells us whence his treasures are supplied.