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 20
... beauty , her fertility . 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 ...
... beauty , her fertility . 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 ...
Side 25
... beauty , when no cause For fuch immeafurable woe appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair Sweet fmiles and bloom lefs tranfient than her own . It is the conftant revolution stale And tasteless , of the fame repeated joys ...
... beauty , when no cause For fuch immeafurable woe appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair Sweet fmiles and bloom lefs tranfient than her own . It is the conftant revolution stale And tasteless , of the fame repeated joys ...
Side 37
... beauty to a stone , And Chatham's eloquence to marble lips . Nor does the chiffel оссиру alone The pow'rs of fculpture , but the style as much ; Each province of her art her equal care . D 3 With With nice incision of her guided steel ...
... beauty to a stone , And Chatham's eloquence to marble lips . Nor does the chiffel оссиру alone The pow'rs of fculpture , but the style as much ; Each province of her art her equal care . D 3 With With nice incision of her guided steel ...
Side 38
... old Not more the glory of the earth , than fhe A more accomplish'd world's chief glory now . She has her praife . Now mark a spot or two That so much beauty would do well to purge ; And And fhow this queen of cities , that fo fair [ 38 ]
... old Not more the glory of the earth , than fhe A more accomplish'd world's chief glory now . She has her praife . Now mark a spot or two That so much beauty would do well to purge ; And And fhow this queen of cities , that fo fair [ 38 ]
Side 51
... beauty oft and letter'd worth consume Life in the unproductive fhades of death , Fall prone ; the pale inhabitants come forth , And happy in their unforeseen release E 2 From From all the rigors of restraint , enjoy The terrors [ 51 ]
... beauty oft and letter'd worth consume Life in the unproductive fhades of death , Fall prone ; the pale inhabitants come forth , And happy in their unforeseen release E 2 From From all the rigors of restraint , enjoy The terrors [ 51 ]
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