Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... delight , The fong was moral , and so far was right . ' Twas thus till luxury feduc'd the mind To joys lefs innocent , as less refin'd ; Then genius danc'd a bacchanal ; he crown'd The brimming goblet , feiz'd the thyrfus , bound His ...
... delight , The fong was moral , and so far was right . ' Twas thus till luxury feduc'd the mind To joys lefs innocent , as less refin'd ; Then genius danc'd a bacchanal ; he crown'd The brimming goblet , feiz'd the thyrfus , bound His ...
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... delight , profan'd the facred wires . Anacreon , Horace , play'd in Greece and Rome This Bedlam part ; and others nearer home . When Cromwell fought for pow'r , and while he reign'd The proud protector of the pow'r he gain'd , Religion ...
... delight , profan'd the facred wires . Anacreon , Horace , play'd in Greece and Rome This Bedlam part ; and others nearer home . When Cromwell fought for pow'r , and while he reign'd The proud protector of the pow'r he gain'd , Religion ...
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... delight , the mind . Then Pope , as harmony itfelf exact , In verfe well difciplin'd , complete , compact , Gave virtue and morality a grace , That , quite eclipfing pleafure's painted face , Levied a tax of wonder and applause , Ev'n ...
... delight , the mind . Then Pope , as harmony itfelf exact , In verfe well difciplin'd , complete , compact , Gave virtue and morality a grace , That , quite eclipfing pleafure's painted face , Levied a tax of wonder and applause , Ev'n ...
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... delight . Diftorted from its use and juft defign , To make the pitiful poffeffor fhine , To purchase , at the fool - frequented fair , Of vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the bafeft kind- Proof of a trifling and a ...
... delight . Diftorted from its use and juft defign , To make the pitiful poffeffor fhine , To purchase , at the fool - frequented fair , Of vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the bafeft kind- Proof of a trifling and a ...
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... delight , Or prefent , or in prospect , meet his fight ; Thofe open on the spot their honey'd ftore ; These call him loudly to pursuit of more . His unexhaufted mine the fordid vice Avarice fhows , and virtue is the price . Here various ...
... delight , Or prefent , or in prospect , meet his fight ; Thofe open on the spot their honey'd ftore ; These call him loudly to pursuit of more . His unexhaufted mine the fordid vice Avarice fhows , and virtue is the price . Here various ...
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Page 77 - 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.
Page 317 - Faithful remembrancer of one so dear, 0 welcome guest, though unexpected here! Who bidst me honour with an artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly as the precept were her own: And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.
Page 265 - 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.
Page 265 - 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.
Page 319 - Robin, day by day, Drew me to school along the public way, Delighted with my bauble coach, and wrapt In scarlet mantle warm, and velvet capt, 'Tis now become a history little known, That once we call'd the past'ral house our own.
Page 282 - 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...
Page 265 - 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.
Page 159 - Tis thus Omnipotence his law fulfils, And vengeance executes what justice wills. Again— the band of commerce was designed To associate all the branches of mankind ; And if a boundless plenty be the robe, Trade is the golden girdle of the globe.
Page 319 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...
Page 196 - He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock it never is at home...