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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... I live Guiltless of pamper'd appetite obscene ) From pangs arthritic that infeft the toe Of libertine excefs . The SOFA fuits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb Though Though on a SOFA , may I never feel : [ 6 ]
... I live Guiltless of pamper'd appetite obscene ) From pangs arthritic that infeft the toe Of libertine excefs . The SOFA fuits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb Though Though on a SOFA , may I never feel : [ 6 ]
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... feel at ev'ry step Our foot half funk in hillocks green and foft , Rais'd by the mole , the miner of the foil . He not unlike the great ones of mankind , Disfigures earth , and plotting in the dark . Toils much to earn a monumental pile ...
... feel at ev'ry step Our foot half funk in hillocks green and foft , Rais'd by the mole , the miner of the foil . He not unlike the great ones of mankind , Disfigures earth , and plotting in the dark . Toils much to earn a monumental pile ...
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... quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for ufe , Elfe noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes , and ftreams All feel the fresh'ning impulfe , and are cleanfed By By restless undulation ; ev'n the oak Thrives by the [ 20 ]
... quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for ufe , Elfe noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes , and ftreams All feel the fresh'ning impulfe , and are cleanfed By By restless undulation ; ev'n the oak Thrives by the [ 20 ]
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... 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 difturb'd above , The law by which ...
... 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 difturb'd above , The law by which ...
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... no flesh in man's obdurate heart , It does not feel for man . The nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is fever'd as the flax That falls afunder at the touch of fire . He He finds his fellow guilty of a fkin Not colour'd воок II. ...
... no flesh in man's obdurate heart , It does not feel for man . The nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is fever'd as the flax That falls afunder at the touch of fire . He He finds his fellow guilty of a fkin Not colour'd воок II. ...
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