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 11
... human ear . Ten thousand warblers chear the day , and one The live - long night : nor thefe alone whofe notes Nice - finger'd art must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that fwim fublime In still repeated circles ...
... human ear . Ten thousand warblers chear the day , and one The live - long night : nor thefe alone whofe notes Nice - finger'd art must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that fwim fublime In still repeated circles ...
Side 31
... human mould , fhould brutalize by choice His nature , and though capable of arts By which the world might profit and himself , Self - banish'd from fociety , prefer Such fqualid floth to honorable toil . Yet even thefe , though feigning ...
... human mould , fhould brutalize by choice His nature , and though capable of arts By which the world might profit and himself , Self - banish'd from fociety , prefer Such fqualid floth to honorable toil . Yet even thefe , though feigning ...
Side 46
... human nature's broadeft , fouleft blot , Chains him , and tasks him , and exacts his fweat With stripes , that mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps when the fees inflicted on a beast . Then what is man ? And what man seeing this , And ...
... human nature's broadeft , fouleft blot , Chains him , and tasks him , and exacts his fweat With stripes , that mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps when the fees inflicted on a beast . Then what is man ? And what man seeing this , And ...
Side 50
... hideous whirl Sucks down its prey infatiable . Immense The tumult and the overthrow , the pangs And agonies of human and of brute Multitudes , fugitive on ev'ry fide , · And And fugitive in vain . The fylvan scene Migrates uplifted [ 50 ]
... hideous whirl Sucks down its prey infatiable . Immense The tumult and the overthrow , the pangs And agonies of human and of brute Multitudes , fugitive on ev'ry fide , · And And fugitive in vain . The fylvan scene Migrates uplifted [ 50 ]
Side 62
... human hands . The pulpit therefore ( and I name it , fill'd With folemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ) The pulpit ( when the fatʼrist has at last , Strutting and vap'ring in an empty school ...
... human hands . The pulpit therefore ( and I name it , fill'd With folemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ) The pulpit ( when the fatʼrist has at last , Strutting and vap'ring in an empty school ...
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