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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... sweet moan with pity , and devised The foft fettee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow , it receiv'd United yet divided , twain at once . So fit two Kings of Brentford on one throne ; And fo two citizens who take the air ...
... sweet moan with pity , and devised The foft fettee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow , it receiv'd United yet divided , twain at once . So fit two Kings of Brentford on one throne ; And fo two citizens who take the air ...
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... Sweet fleep enjoys the Curate in his desk , The tedious Rector drawling o'er his head , And sweet the Clerk below : but neither sleep Of lazy Nurse , who fnores the fick man dead , Nor his who quits the box at midnight hour To flumber ...
... Sweet fleep enjoys the Curate in his desk , The tedious Rector drawling o'er his head , And sweet the Clerk below : but neither sleep Of lazy Nurse , who fnores the fick man dead , Nor his who quits the box at midnight hour To flumber ...
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... Sweet fmiles and bloom lefs tranfient than her own . It is the conftant revolution stale And tasteless , of the fame repeated joys , That palls and fatiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's pack , that bows the bearer down . Health ...
... Sweet fmiles and bloom lefs tranfient than her own . It is the conftant revolution stale And tasteless , of the fame repeated joys , That palls and fatiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's pack , that bows the bearer down . Health ...
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... 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 wafh'd our distant shore . I see thee weep , and thine are honest tears , A ...
... 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 wafh'd our distant shore . I see thee weep , and thine are honest tears , A ...
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... sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all , should most abound And leaft be threatened in the fields and groves ? Poffefs ye therefore , ye who borne about In chariots and fedans , know no fatigue But that of idleness , and ...
... sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all , should most abound And leaft be threatened in the fields and groves ? Poffefs ye therefore , ye who borne about In chariots and fedans , know no fatigue But that of idleness , and ...
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