Poems: The task, a poem, ... to which are added, by the same author, an Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools, and the History of John Gilpin. 2J. Johnson, 1785 |
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... Seems funk , and shorten'd to its topmoft boughs . No tree in all the grove but has its charms , Though each its hue peculiar ; paler fome , And of a wannish grey ; the willow fuch And poplar , that with filver lines his leaf , And ash ...
... Seems funk , and shorten'd to its topmoft boughs . No tree in all the grove but has its charms , Though each its hue peculiar ; paler fome , And of a wannish grey ; the willow fuch And poplar , that with filver lines his leaf , And ash ...
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... seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So fportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and funfhine intermingling quick , And darkning and enlightning , as the leaves Play wanton , ev'ry ...
... seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So fportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and funfhine intermingling quick , And darkning and enlightning , as the leaves Play wanton , ev'ry ...
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... seems indeed indignant , and to feel Th ' impreffion of the blast with proud difdain , Frowning as if in his unconfcious arm He held the thunder . But the monarch owes His firm ftability to what he fcorns , More fixt below , the more ...
... seems indeed indignant , and to feel Th ' impreffion of the blast with proud difdain , Frowning as if in his unconfcious arm He held the thunder . But the monarch owes His firm ftability to what he fcorns , More fixt below , the more ...
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... seems privileged in them With clear exemption from its own defects . A fparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran fhows , and gracing a grey beard With youthful fimiles , defcends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost ...
... seems privileged in them With clear exemption from its own defects . A fparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran fhows , and gracing a grey beard With youthful fimiles , defcends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost ...
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... is need of focial intercourse , Benevolence and peace and mutual aid Between the nations , in a world that seems To toll the death - bell of its own decease , And And by the voice of all its elements When were [ 47 ]
... is need of focial intercourse , Benevolence and peace and mutual aid Between the nations , in a world that seems To toll the death - bell of its own decease , And And by the voice of all its elements When were [ 47 ]
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