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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... feeding at the eye , And ftill unfated , dwelt upon the scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discern'd The distant plough flow - moving , and befide His lab'ring team that fwerv'd not from the track , The sturdy fwain diminish ...
... feeding at the eye , And ftill unfated , dwelt upon the scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discern'd The distant plough flow - moving , and befide His lab'ring team that fwerv'd not from the track , The sturdy fwain diminish ...
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... feeds May feel it too . Affectionate in look , And tender in addrefs , as well becomes A meffenger of grace to guilty men . Behold the picture ! -Is it like ? -Like whom ? The things that mount the roftrum with a skip And then skip down ...
... feeds May feel it too . Affectionate in look , And tender in addrefs , as well becomes A meffenger of grace to guilty men . Behold the picture ! -Is it like ? -Like whom ? The things that mount the roftrum with a skip And then skip down ...
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... feed ? Or does the tomb take all ? If he furvive His afhes , where ? and in what weal or woe Knots worthy of folution , which alone A Deity could folve . Their anfwers vague And all at random , fabulous and dark , Left them as dark ...
... feed ? Or does the tomb take all ? If he furvive His afhes , where ? and in what weal or woe Knots worthy of folution , which alone A Deity could folve . Their anfwers vague And all at random , fabulous and dark , Left them as dark ...
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... frenzy , downward from her Grace Whofe flambeaux flafh against the morning fkies , And gild our chamber cielings as they pafs , To her who frugal only that her thrift May 4 May feed exceffes she can ill afford , Is [ 78 ]
... frenzy , downward from her Grace Whofe flambeaux flafh against the morning fkies , And gild our chamber cielings as they pafs , To her who frugal only that her thrift May 4 May feed exceffes she can ill afford , Is [ 78 ]
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... feed exceffes she can ill afford , Is hackney'd home unlacquey'd . Who in hafte Alighting , turns the key in her own door , And at the watchman's lantern borrowing light , Finds a cold bed , her only comfort left . Wives beggar husbands ...
... feed exceffes she can ill afford , Is hackney'd home unlacquey'd . Who in hafte Alighting , turns the key in her own door , And at the watchman's lantern borrowing light , Finds a cold bed , her only comfort left . Wives beggar husbands ...
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