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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... shows , And at his feet , the baffled billows die . The common overgrown with fern , and rough With prickly gofs , that shapeless and deform And dang❜rous to the touch , has yet its bloom And decks itself with ornaments of gold ...
... shows , And at his feet , the baffled billows die . The common overgrown with fern , and rough With prickly gofs , that shapeless and deform And dang❜rous to the touch , has yet its bloom And decks itself with ornaments of gold ...
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... show ) I cannot think thee yet fo dull of heart And spiritless , as never to regret Sweets tasted here , and left as foon as known . Methinks I fee thee ftraying on the beach , And asking of the furge that bathes thy foot If ever it has ...
... show ) I cannot think thee yet fo dull of heart And spiritless , as never to regret Sweets tasted here , and left as foon as known . Methinks I fee thee ftraying on the beach , And asking of the furge that bathes thy foot If ever it has ...
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... show Suffer a fyncope and folemn paufe , While God performs upon the trembling stage Of his own works , his dreadful part alone . How does the earth receive him ? -With what figns Of gratulation and delight , her king ? Pours fhe not ...
... show Suffer a fyncope and folemn paufe , While God performs upon the trembling stage Of his own works , his dreadful part alone . How does the earth receive him ? -With what figns Of gratulation and delight , her king ? Pours fhe not ...
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... praise ye seek , And show the shame ye might conceal at home , In foreign eyes ! -be grooms , and win the plate , Where once your nobler fathers won a crown ! - ' Tis * ' Tis gen'rous to communicate your skill To those that [ 59 ]
... praise ye seek , And show the shame ye might conceal at home , In foreign eyes ! -be grooms , and win the plate , Where once your nobler fathers won a crown ! - ' Tis * ' Tis gen'rous to communicate your skill To those that [ 59 ]
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... shows A form as fplendid as the proudeft there , Though appetite raife outcries at the coft A man o ' th ' town dines late , but foon enough With reasonable forecaft and dispatch , T ' infure a fide - box ftation at half price . You ...
... shows A form as fplendid as the proudeft there , Though appetite raife outcries at the coft A man o ' th ' town dines late , but foon enough With reasonable forecaft and dispatch , T ' infure a fide - box ftation at half price . You ...
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