Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1798 |
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Page vii
... , inspire it with stable peace and folid hope , and furnish thofe motives and profpects , which , in the present state of things , are abfolutely ne- ceffary to produce a conduct worthy of a rational creature PREFACE , vii.
... , inspire it with stable peace and folid hope , and furnish thofe motives and profpects , which , in the present state of things , are abfolutely ne- ceffary to produce a conduct worthy of a rational creature PREFACE , vii.
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... state , And death awakens from that dream too late . Oh ! if fervility with fupple knees , Whofe trade it is to fmile , to crouch , to please ; If smooth diffimulation , skill'd to grace A devil's purpose 6 TALK . TABLE.
... state , And death awakens from that dream too late . Oh ! if fervility with fupple knees , Whofe trade it is to fmile , to crouch , to please ; If smooth diffimulation , skill'd to grace A devil's purpose 6 TALK . TABLE.
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... state , Sport for a day , and perish in a night ; The foam upon the waters not fo light . Who judg'd the pharifee ? What odious caufe Expos'd him to the vengeance of the laws ? Had he feduc'd a virgin , wrong'd a friend , Or ftabb'd a ...
... state , Sport for a day , and perish in a night ; The foam upon the waters not fo light . Who judg'd the pharifee ? What odious caufe Expos'd him to the vengeance of the laws ? Had he feduc'd a virgin , wrong'd a friend , Or ftabb'd a ...
Page 78
... state , Are fuch a dead preponderating weight , That endless blifs , ( how ftrange foe'er it feem ) In counterpoife , flies up and kicks the beam . " Tis open , and ye cannot enter - why ? Because ye will not , Conyers would reply ...
... state , Are fuch a dead preponderating weight , That endless blifs , ( how ftrange foe'er it feem ) In counterpoife , flies up and kicks the beam . " Tis open , and ye cannot enter - why ? Because ye will not , Conyers would reply ...
Page 96
... left made waste and void ; For them , the states to which they went destroy'd ; A cloud to meafure out their march by day , By night a fire to cheer the gloomy way ; That moving fignal fummoning , when beft , Their hoft 7 96 EXPOSTULATION .
... left made waste and void ; For them , the states to which they went destroy'd ; A cloud to meafure out their march by day , By night a fire to cheer the gloomy way ; That moving fignal fummoning , when beft , Their hoft 7 96 EXPOSTULATION .
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Page 311 - The meek intelligence of those dear eyes (Blest be the art that can immortalize, The art that baffles Time's tyrannic claim To quench it) here shines on me still the same.
Page 263 - 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 205 - That reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted, sojourn here — The new acquaintance soon became a guest, And made so welcome at their simple feast, He...
Page 313 - 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 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 272 - 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.
Page 173 - 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.
Page 313 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...
Page 280 - Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far...
Page 311 - 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.