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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... beneath The chequer'd earth 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 ...
... beneath The chequer'd earth 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 ...
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... beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran fhows , and gracing a grey beard With youthful fimiles , defcends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , ease , when courted moft , Fartheft retires - an idol ...
... beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran fhows , and gracing a grey beard With youthful fimiles , defcends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , ease , when courted moft , Fartheft retires - an idol ...
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... Beneath the open fky fhe fpreads the feaft ; ' Tis free to all - ' tis ev'ry day renew'd , Who fcorns it , ftarves defervedly at home . He does not scorn it , who imprison'd long In C4 He [ 23 ] For the unfcented fictions of the loom. ...
... Beneath the open fky fhe fpreads the feaft ; ' Tis free to all - ' tis ev'ry day renew'd , Who fcorns it , ftarves defervedly at home . He does not scorn it , who imprison'd long In C4 He [ 23 ] For the unfcented fictions of the loom. ...
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... their invet'rate habits , all forbid . Whom call we gay ? That honor has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name . The innocent are gay the lark is gay That That dries his feathers faturate with dew Beneath the rofy [ 26 ]
... their invet'rate habits , all forbid . Whom call we gay ? That honor has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name . The innocent are gay the lark is gay That That dries his feathers faturate with dew Beneath the rofy [ 26 ]
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... Beneath the rofy cloud , while yet the beams Of day - spring overfhoot his humble neft . The peasant too , a witnefs of his fong , Himself a fongfter , is as gay as he . But fave me from the gaiety of those Whose head - aches nail them ...
... Beneath the rofy cloud , while yet the beams Of day - spring overfhoot his humble neft . The peasant too , a witnefs of his fong , Himself a fongfter , is as gay as he . But fave me from the gaiety of those Whose head - aches nail them ...
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