Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 18
... cause , From ftrenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The fedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deferted of its bloom , the flaccid , fhrunk ...
... cause , From ftrenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The fedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deferted of its bloom , the flaccid , fhrunk ...
Σελίδα 21
... cause For fuch immeasurable woe appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair Sweet fmiles , and bloom lefs tranfient than her own . It is the conftant revolution , ftale And taftelefs , of the fame repeated joys , That palls and ...
... cause For fuch immeasurable woe appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair Sweet fmiles , and bloom lefs tranfient than her own . It is the conftant revolution , ftale And taftelefs , of the fame repeated joys , That palls and ...
Σελίδα 29
... cause , * Thee , gentle favage ! whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiofity perhaps , Or elle vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers , to fhew thee here With what fuperior fkill we can abuse The gifts of ...
... cause , * Thee , gentle favage ! whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiofity perhaps , Or elle vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers , to fhew thee here With what fuperior fkill we can abuse The gifts of ...
Σελίδα 38
... and extravagance . - The mischiefs of profufion.- Profufion itself , with all its confequent evils , af- cribed , as to its principal cause , to the want of dif ipline in the univerfities . THE TASK . BOOK II . THE TIME - PIECE.
... and extravagance . - The mischiefs of profufion.- Profufion itself , with all its confequent evils , af- cribed , as to its principal cause , to the want of dif ipline in the univerfities . THE TASK . BOOK II . THE TIME - PIECE.
Σελίδα 39
... bond Of brotherhood is fevered as the flax , That falls afunder at the touch of fire . He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not coloured like his own ; and having power To enforce the wrong , for such a worthy cause The Time-Piece.
... bond Of brotherhood is fevered as the flax , That falls afunder at the touch of fire . He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not coloured like his own ; and having power To enforce the wrong , for such a worthy cause The Time-Piece.
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againſt Becauſe beneath beſt caufe cauſe charms cloſe courſe dæmons defigned diftant dream earth eaſe Elfe eſcape ev'n facred fafe fame faſhion fear fecure feed feek feel feems ferve fhall fhine fhould fide figh fight filent fince firſt flaves fleep flowers fome fong foon foul ftill ftream fuch fweet grace happineſs heart heaven himſelf honour houſe itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs loft meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature Nebaioth never o'er once paſs peace pleaſe pleaſure praiſe purpoſe reft reſt ſcene ſchools ſeaſon ſee ſeems ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſport ſpread ſpring ſtate ſteps ſtill ſuch ſweet taſk taſte thee their's themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou art thouſand truft truth uſe virtue wafte whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh worth
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Σελίδα 236 - Come, then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! It was thine By ancient covenant, ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
Σελίδα 121 - 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 41 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.
Σελίδα 121 - Nor his, who patient stands till his feet throb, And his head thumps, to feed upon the breath Of patriots, bursting with heroic rage, Or placemen, all tranquillity and smiles.
Σελίδα 159 - The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.
Σελίδα 89 - In the pure fountain of eternal love Has eyes indeed ; and viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives Him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Σελίδα 48 - Suspend the effect, or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means since first he made the world? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation less Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his use, and ready at his will...
Σελίδα 224 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Σελίδα 330 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, .
Σελίδα 189 - 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.