Poems, Volum 1T. Johnston, 1803 - 348 sider |
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Side 17
... cause , From ftrenuous toil his hours of sweetest cafe . The fedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deferted of its bloom , the flaccid , shrunk ...
... cause , From ftrenuous toil his hours of sweetest cafe . The fedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deferted of its bloom , the flaccid , shrunk ...
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... d In boundless oceans , never to be pass'd ] By navigators uninform'd as they , Or plough'd perhaps by British bark again ; But , far beyond the rest , and with most cause , Thee , gentle favage * ! whom no love of 26 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... d In boundless oceans , never to be pass'd ] By navigators uninform'd as they , Or plough'd perhaps by British bark again ; But , far beyond the rest , and with most cause , Thee , gentle favage * ! whom no love of 26 BOOK I. THE TASK .
Side 35
... brotherhood is fever'd as the flax That falls afunder at the touch of fire . He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own ; and , having pow'r T'enforce the wrong , for fuch a worthy cause Dooms The Time-Piece.
... brotherhood is fever'd as the flax That falls afunder at the touch of fire . He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own ; and , having pow'r T'enforce the wrong , for fuch a worthy cause Dooms The Time-Piece.
Side 36
William Cowper. T'enforce the wrong , for fuch a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey . Lands interfected by a narrow frith Abhor each other . Mountains interpos'd Make enemies of nations , who had elfe , Like kindred ...
William Cowper. T'enforce the wrong , for fuch a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey . Lands interfected by a narrow frith Abhor each other . Mountains interpos'd Make enemies of nations , who had elfe , Like kindred ...
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... cause Sufpend th ' effect , or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means fince first he made the world ? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation lefs Than a capacious refervoir of means Form'd for ...
... cause Sufpend th ' effect , or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means fince first he made the world ? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation lefs Than a capacious refervoir of means Form'd for ...
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Side 36 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.
Side 309 - Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he...
Side 303 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Side 297 - I cried, Shall hear of this thy deed: My dog shall mortify the pride Of man's superior breed: But chief myself I will enjoin, Awake at duty's call, To show a love as prompt as thine To Him who gives me all.
Side 31 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...
Side 301 - Wouldst softly speak and stroke my head and smile — Could those few pleasant days again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart : the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might.
Side 312 - My hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road. The calender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin...
Side 344 - Fleecy locks and black complexion Cannot forfeit nature's claim ; Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same Why did all-creating Nature Make the plant for which we toil?
Side 305 - Where they did all get in, Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folk so glad ; The stones did rattle underneath As if Cheapside were mad.
Side 304 - He soon replied, I do admire Of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear, Therefore it shall be done. • I am a linen-draper bold, As all the world doth know, And my good friend the calender Will lend his horse to go.