Poems: The task, a poem, ... to which are added, by the same author, an Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools, and the History of John Gilpin. 2J. Johnson, 1785 |
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Side 6
... she disturbs . As fweetly he Who quits the coach - box at the midnight hour To sleep within the carriage more secure , His legs depending at the open door . Sweet fleep enjoys the Curate in his desk , The tedious Rector drawling o'er ...
... she disturbs . As fweetly he Who quits the coach - box at the midnight hour To sleep within the carriage more secure , His legs depending at the open door . Sweet fleep enjoys the Curate in his desk , The tedious Rector drawling o'er ...
Side 20
... She dreads An inftant's pause , and lives but while fhe moves . Its own revolvency upholds the world . Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for ufe , Elfe noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes , and ftreams ...
... She dreads An inftant's pause , and lives but while fhe moves . Its own revolvency upholds the world . Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for ufe , Elfe noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes , and ftreams ...
Side 29
... she was not to know . She heard the doleful tidings of his death , And never fmil'd again . And now she roams The dreary wafte ; there fpends the livelong day , And there , unless when charity forbids , The livelong night . A tatter'd ...
... she was not to know . She heard the doleful tidings of his death , And never fmil'd again . And now she roams The dreary wafte ; there fpends the livelong day , And there , unless when charity forbids , The livelong night . A tatter'd ...
Side 30
... She begs an idle pin of all fhe meets , And hoards them in her fleeve ; but needful food , Though prefs'd with hunger oft , or comelier cloaths , Though pinch'd with cold , afks never .-- Kate is craz❜d . I fee a column of flow ...
... She begs an idle pin of all fhe meets , And hoards them in her fleeve ; but needful food , Though prefs'd with hunger oft , or comelier cloaths , Though pinch'd with cold , afks never .-- Kate is craz❜d . I fee a column of flow ...
Side 32
... she springs , ( If e'er fhe fpring fpontaneous ) in remote And barb'rous climes , where violence prevails , And strength is lord of all ; but gentle , kind , By culture tam'd , by liberty refresh'd , And all her fruits by radiant truth ...
... she springs , ( If e'er fhe fpring fpontaneous ) in remote And barb'rous climes , where violence prevails , And strength is lord of all ; but gentle , kind , By culture tam'd , by liberty refresh'd , And all her fruits by radiant truth ...
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