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 15
... half funk in hillocks green and foft , Rais'd by the mole , the miner of the foil . He not unlike the great ones of mankind , Disfigures earth , and plotting in the dark . Toils much to earn a monumental pile , That may record the ...
... half funk in hillocks green and foft , Rais'd by the mole , the miner of the foil . He not unlike the great ones of mankind , Disfigures earth , and plotting in the dark . Toils much to earn a monumental pile , That may record the ...
Side 27
... may be feen ' Till half their beauties fade ; the weary fight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , flides off Faftidious , feeking lefs familiar fcenes . Then Then fnug inclofures in the fhelter'd vale , Where frequent [ 27 ]
... may be feen ' Till half their beauties fade ; the weary fight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , flides off Faftidious , feeking lefs familiar fcenes . Then Then fnug inclofures in the fhelter'd vale , Where frequent [ 27 ]
Side 28
... half - wither'd fhrubs he shows , And at his feet , the baffled billows die . The common overgrown with fern , and rough With prickly gofs , that shapeless and deform And dang❜rous to the touch , has yet its bloom And decks itself with ...
... half - wither'd fhrubs he shows , And at his feet , the baffled billows die . The common overgrown with fern , and rough With prickly gofs , that shapeless and deform And dang❜rous to the touch , has yet its bloom And decks itself with ...
Side 51
... half his people . Ancient tow'rs , And roofs embattled high , the gloomy scenes Where 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 ...
... half his people . Ancient tow'rs , And roofs embattled high , the gloomy scenes Where 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 ...
Side 77
... half price . You think perhaps , fo delicate his dress , His daily fare as delicate . Alas ! He picks clean teeth , and busy as he seems With an old tavern quill , is hungry yet . The rout is folly's circle which fhe draws With magic ...
... half price . You think perhaps , fo delicate his dress , His daily fare as delicate . Alas ! He picks clean teeth , and busy as he seems With an old tavern quill , is hungry yet . The rout is folly's circle which fhe draws With magic ...
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