Poems, Volumen1J. Johnson, 1782 - 359 páginas |
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... Human Frailty The Modern Patriot On obferving fome Names of little Note recorded in the BIOGRAPHIA BRI- TANNICA 41 73 103 140 180 212 258 299 302 304 305 309 310 311 313 314 Report I Report of an adjudged Cafe not to be found.
... Human Frailty The Modern Patriot On obferving fome Names of little Note recorded in the BIOGRAPHIA BRI- TANNICA 41 73 103 140 180 212 258 299 302 304 305 309 310 311 313 314 Report I Report of an adjudged Cafe not to be found.
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... human race , And not a tongue enquires , how , where , or when , Though confcience will have twinges now and then When profanation of the facred caufe In all its parts , times , ministry and laws , ; Befpeaks Bespeaks a land once ...
... human race , And not a tongue enquires , how , where , or when , Though confcience will have twinges now and then When profanation of the facred caufe In all its parts , times , ministry and laws , ; Befpeaks Bespeaks a land once ...
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... er the theme , that others never feel . If human woes her foft attention claim , A tender fympathy pervades the frame , She pours a fenfibility divine Along the nerve of ev'ry feeling line . But But if a deed not tamely to be borne , ( 25 )
... er the theme , that others never feel . If human woes her foft attention claim , A tender fympathy pervades the frame , She pours a fenfibility divine Along the nerve of ev'ry feeling line . But But if a deed not tamely to be borne , ( 25 )
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... human pow'rs , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his foul into the dawning plan . Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and of poet was the fame , Hence British poets too the priesthood shar'd , And ev'ry ...
... human pow'rs , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his foul into the dawning plan . Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and of poet was the fame , Hence British poets too the priesthood shar'd , And ev'ry ...
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... human things , The feats of heroes and the wrath of kings , But ftill while virtue kindled his delight , The fong was moral , and so far was right . ' Twas thus till luxury feduc'd the mind , To joys lefs innocent , as lefs refin'd ...
... human things , The feats of heroes and the wrath of kings , But ftill while virtue kindled his delight , The fong was moral , and so far was right . ' Twas thus till luxury feduc'd the mind , To joys lefs innocent , as lefs refin'd ...
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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...