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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... particular , allowed their due praise , but cenfured . Fete Champetre . - The book concludes with a reflec- tion on the fatal effects of diffipation and effeminacy upon our public measures . BOOK I. THE SOF A. I SING the SOFA .
... particular , allowed their due praise , but cenfured . Fete Champetre . - The book concludes with a reflec- tion on the fatal effects of diffipation and effeminacy upon our public measures . BOOK I. THE SOF A. I SING the SOFA .
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... praise of nature moft fincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To ferve occafions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all .. How oft upon yon eminence , our pace Has flacken'd to a pause , and we have borne ...
... praise of nature moft fincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To ferve occafions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all .. How oft upon yon eminence , our pace Has flacken'd to a pause , and we have borne ...
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... Praise justly due to those that I describe . Nor rural fights alone , but rural founds Exhilarate the fpirit , and reftore The tone of languid Nature . Mighty winds That sweep the skirt of fome far - fpreading wood Of ancient growth ...
... Praise justly due to those that I describe . Nor rural fights alone , but rural founds Exhilarate the fpirit , and reftore The tone of languid Nature . Mighty winds That sweep the skirt of fome far - fpreading wood Of ancient growth ...
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... Praise enough To fill th ' ambition of a private man , That Chatham's language was his mother tongue , And Wolfe's great name compatriot with his own . Farewell those honors , and farewell with them The hope of fuch hereafter . They ...
... Praise enough To fill th ' ambition of a private man , That Chatham's language was his mother tongue , And Wolfe's great name compatriot with his own . Farewell those honors , and farewell with them The hope of fuch hereafter . They ...
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... praise ye seek , And show the shame ye might conceal at home , In foreign eyes ! -be grooms , and win the plate , Where once your nobler fathers won a crown ! - ' Tis * ' Tis gen'rous to communicate your skill To those that [ 59 ]
... praise ye seek , And show the shame ye might conceal at home , In foreign eyes ! -be grooms , and win the plate , Where once your nobler fathers won a crown ! - ' Tis * ' Tis gen'rous to communicate your skill To those that [ 59 ]
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