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 4
... happy ifle . The .umber stood Pond'rous , and fixt by its own maffy weight . But elbows still were wanting ; thefe , fome fay , An Alderman of Cripplegate contrived , And some ascribe the invention to a priest Burly and big and studious ...
... happy ifle . The .umber stood Pond'rous , and fixt by its own maffy weight . But elbows still were wanting ; thefe , fome fay , An Alderman of Cripplegate contrived , And some ascribe the invention to a priest Burly and big and studious ...
Side 28
... happy to renounce a while , Not fenfeless of its charms , what ftill we love , That fuch fhort absence may endear it more . Then forefts , or the favage rock may please , That hides the fea - mew in his hollow clefts Above the reach of ...
... happy to renounce a while , Not fenfeless of its charms , what ftill we love , That fuch fhort absence may endear it more . Then forefts , or the favage rock may please , That hides the fea - mew in his hollow clefts Above the reach of ...
Side 51
... 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 ]
... 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 ]
Side 53
... Happy the man who fees a God employed In all the good and ill that checquer life ! Refolving all events with their effects And manifold refults , into the will E 3 And P And arbitration wife of the Supreme . Did not his [ 53 ]
... Happy the man who fees a God employed In all the good and ill that checquer life ! Refolving all events with their effects And manifold refults , into the will E 3 And P And arbitration wife of the Supreme . Did not his [ 53 ]
Side 60
... , Than by the labor and the skill it cost , Are occupations of the poet's mind So pleafing , and that fleal away the thought With fuch addrefs , from themes of fad import , That That loft in his own mufings , happy man ! [ 60 ]
... , Than by the labor and the skill it cost , Are occupations of the poet's mind So pleafing , and that fleal away the thought With fuch addrefs , from themes of fad import , That That loft in his own mufings , happy man ! [ 60 ]
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