Poems, Volumen1J. Johnson, 1782 - 359 páginas |
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... fafe , whose wishes roam . But if you pass the threshold , you are caught , Die then , if pow'r Almighty fave you not . There hard'ning by degrees , ' till double steel'd , Take leave of nature's God , and God reveal'd , Then Then laugh ...
... fafe , whose wishes roam . But if you pass the threshold , you are caught , Die then , if pow'r Almighty fave you not . There hard'ning by degrees , ' till double steel'd , Take leave of nature's God , and God reveal'd , Then Then laugh ...
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... fafe and at his ease , He hears the tempeft howling in the trees , What glowing thanks his lips and heart employ , While danger paft is turn'd to prefent joy . So fares it with the finner when he feels , A growing dread of vengeance at ...
... fafe and at his ease , He hears the tempeft howling in the trees , What glowing thanks his lips and heart employ , While danger paft is turn'd to prefent joy . So fares it with the finner when he feels , A growing dread of vengeance at ...
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... fafe in the fimplicity of hers . X Not many wife , rich , noble , or profound In science , win one inch of heav'nly ground ; And is it not a mortifying thought The poor fhould gain it , and the rich should not ? No - the voluptuaries ...
... fafe in the fimplicity of hers . X Not many wife , rich , noble , or profound In science , win one inch of heav'nly ground ; And is it not a mortifying thought The poor fhould gain it , and the rich should not ? No - the voluptuaries ...
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... fafe beneath his fhelt'ring hand , Giv'n thee his bleffing on the clearest proof , Bid nations leagu'd against thee stand aloof , And charg'd hoftility and hate to roar Where else they would , but not upon thy fhore ? K 2 His His pow'r ...
... fafe beneath his fhelt'ring hand , Giv'n thee his bleffing on the clearest proof , Bid nations leagu'd against thee stand aloof , And charg'd hoftility and hate to roar Where else they would , but not upon thy fhore ? K 2 His His pow'r ...
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... fafe that does his best , And death's a doom fufficient for the rest . Right , fays an enfign , and for aught I fee , Your faith and mine fubftantially agree : The best of ev'ry man's performance here , Is to discharge the duties of his ...
... fafe that does his best , And death's a doom fufficient for the rest . Right , fays an enfign , and for aught I fee , Your faith and mine fubftantially agree : The best of ev'ry man's performance here , Is to discharge the duties of his ...
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Página 333 - He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state.
Página 307 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Página 339 - LITTLE inmate, full of mirth Chirping on my kitchen hearth. Wheresoe'er be thine abode, Always harbinger of good, Pay me for thy warm retreat With a song more soft and sweet ; In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give.
Página 71 - Hear the just law — the judgment of the skies! He that hates truth shall be the dupe of lies ; And he that -will be cheated to the last, Delusions strong as hell shall bind him fast.
Página 89 - Just knows, and knows no more, her bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies.
Página 308 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Página 102 - Since the dear hour, that brought me to thy foot, And cut up all my follies by the root, I never trusted in an arm but thine, Nor hoped but in thy righteousness divine...
Página 170 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere : Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Página 317 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Página 89 - Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store: Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light...