Poems, Volumen1J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... waste ; If thefe attendants , and if fuch as thefe , Muft follow royalty , then welcome eafe ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy the state that has not these to fear . A. Thus A. Thus men whofe thoughts contemplative have ...
... waste ; If thefe attendants , and if fuch as thefe , Muft follow royalty , then welcome eafe ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy the state that has not these to fear . A. Thus A. Thus men whofe thoughts contemplative have ...
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... waste it at the bidding of his hand . He gives the word , and mutiny soon roars In all her gates , and shakes her diftant fhores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd , She has one foe , and that one foe , the world . And if he ...
... waste it at the bidding of his hand . He gives the word , and mutiny soon roars In all her gates , and shakes her diftant fhores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd , She has one foe , and that one foe , the world . And if he ...
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... waste and void , For them , the states to which they went destroy'd ; A cloud to measure out their march by day , By night a fire to cheer the gloomy way , That moving fignal fummoning , when best , Their host to move , and when it stay ...
... waste and void , For them , the states to which they went destroy'd ; A cloud to measure out their march by day , By night a fire to cheer the gloomy way , That moving fignal fummoning , when best , Their host to move , and when it stay ...
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... d , Unveil'd her blufhing cheek , look'd on and fmil'd , Beheld with joy the lovely fcene defac'd , And prais'd the wrath that lay'd her beauties waste . Far Far be the thought from any verse of mine , 124 EX POSTULAT LON .
... d , Unveil'd her blufhing cheek , look'd on and fmil'd , Beheld with joy the lovely fcene defac'd , And prais'd the wrath that lay'd her beauties waste . Far Far be the thought from any verse of mine , 124 EX POSTULAT LON .
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... waste thy life in arms , or lay it down In causeless feuds and bick'rings of their own : Thy parliaments ador'd , on bended knees , The fov'reignty they were conven'd to please ; Whate'er was afk'd , too timid to refift Comply'd with ...
... waste thy life in arms , or lay it down In causeless feuds and bick'rings of their own : Thy parliaments ador'd , on bended knees , The fov'reignty they were conven'd to please ; Whate'er was afk'd , too timid to refift Comply'd with ...
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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 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 202 - When one, that holds communion with the skies, Has filled his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with us meaner things, 'Tis e'en as if an angel shook his wings ; Immortal fragrance fills the circuit wide, That tells us whence his treasures are supplied.
Página 327 - Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song; For 'twas the...
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 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 238 - Though blameless, had incurr'd perpetual strife, Whose deeds had left, in spite of hostile arts, A deep memorial graven on their hearts. The recollection, like a vein of ore, The farther traced enrich'd them still the more ; They thought him, and they justly thought him, one Sent to do more than he appear'd to have done, To exalt a people, and to place them high Above all else, and wonder'd he should die.
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...
Página 170 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropp'd upon his bible was sincere. Assail'd 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 308 - But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot.