Poems, Τόμος 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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Σελίδα 28
... remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or inspiration teaches ; and enclosed : In boundless oceans , never to be pass'd By navigators uninform'd as they , Or plough'd perhaps by British bark again : But , 28 BOOK L. THE TASK .
... remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or inspiration teaches ; and enclosed : In boundless oceans , never to be pass'd By navigators uninform'd as they , Or plough'd perhaps by British bark again : But , 28 BOOK L. THE TASK .
Σελίδα 29
William Cowper. Or plough'd perhaps by British bark again : But , far beyond the reft , and with most cause , Thee , gentle * savage ! whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiofity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth ...
William Cowper. Or plough'd perhaps by British bark again : But , far beyond the reft , and with most cause , Thee , gentle * savage ! whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiofity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth ...
Σελίδα 30
... Perhaps errs little when she paints thee thus . She tells me , too , that duly ev'ry morn Thou climb'ft the mountain top , with eager eye Exploring far and wide the wat'ry wafte For fight of fhip from England . Ev'ry fpeck Seen in the ...
... Perhaps errs little when she paints thee thus . She tells me , too , that duly ev'ry morn Thou climb'ft the mountain top , with eager eye Exploring far and wide the wat'ry wafte For fight of fhip from England . Ev'ry fpeck Seen in the ...
Σελίδα 31
... perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft : in proud and gay And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common and most noisome few'r , The dregs and feculence of ev'ry land . In cities foul example on moft minds Begets ...
... perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft : in proud and gay And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common and most noisome few'r , The dregs and feculence of ev'ry land . In cities foul example on moft minds Begets ...
Σελίδα 52
... perhaps Aware of nothing arduous in a tafk They never undertook , they little note His dangers or efcapes , and hap ! find There leaft amufement where he found the moft . But is amufement all ? ftudious of fong , And 52 BOOK II . THE TASK .
... perhaps Aware of nothing arduous in a tafk They never undertook , they little note His dangers or efcapes , and hap ! find There leaft amufement where he found the moft . But is amufement all ? ftudious of fong , And 52 BOOK II . THE TASK .
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againſt becauſe beneath beſt boaſt caufe cauſe cloſe courſe dæmons defign diftant dream earth eaſe Elfe elſe eſcape ev'n ev'ry facred fafe faft fame fcenes feed feek feel feem ferve fhade fhall fhine fhould fhow fide figh fight filent fince firft firſt fkies fleep flow'rs fome fong foon form'd foul ftand ftill ftream fuch fweet grace happineſs heart heav'n himſelf honour houſe itſelf John Gilpin juft juſt laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs loft loſe meaſure mind miſchief moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature never o'er once pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe purpoſe reft reſt ſcene ſchools ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkill ſmile ſpeak ſport ſpot ſpread ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet tafte taſk thee thefe their's themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand truth uſe virtue wafte whofe whoſe wind wiſdom worth
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Σελίδα 327 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Σελίδα 40 - 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 119 - tis the twanging horn ! O'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright...
Σελίδα 335 - Said Gilpin — So am I ! But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Σελίδα 40 - As human Nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast.
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 34 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves?
Σελίδα 56 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design.
Σελίδα 189 - Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love That plann'd, and built, and still upholds a world So...
Σελίδα 333 - The bottles twain, behind his back, 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...