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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... 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 in the carriage more fecure , Nor fleep enjoy'd by Curate in his desk , Nor yet ...
... 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 in the carriage more fecure , Nor fleep enjoy'd by Curate in his desk , Nor yet ...
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... head - aches nail them to a noon - day bed ; And fave me too from theirs whofe haggard eyes Flash desperation , and betray their pangs For property ftripp'd off by cruel chance ; From gaiety that fills the bones with pain , The mouth ...
... head - aches nail them to a noon - day bed ; And fave me too from theirs whofe haggard eyes Flash desperation , and betray their pangs For property ftripp'd off by cruel chance ; From gaiety that fills the bones with pain , The mouth ...
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... head Confpicuous many a league , the mariner Bound homeward , and in hope already there , Greets with three cheers exulting . At his waist A girdle of half - wither'd fhrubs he shows , And at his feet , the baffled billows die . The ...
... head Confpicuous many a league , the mariner Bound homeward , and in hope already there , Greets with three cheers exulting . At his waist A girdle of half - wither'd fhrubs he shows , And at his feet , the baffled billows die . The ...
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... head , to think himself a man ? I would not have a flave to till my ground , To carry me , to fan me while I fleep , And tremble when I wake , for all the wealth That finews bought and fold have ever earn'd . No : No : dear as freedom ...
... head , to think himself a man ? I would not have a flave to till my ground , To carry me , to fan me while I fleep , And tremble when I wake , for all the wealth That finews bought and fold have ever earn'd . No : No : dear as freedom ...
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... heads Preferve the church ! and lay not careless hands On fculls that cannot teach , and will not learn . Would I defcribe a preacher , fuch as Paul Were he on earth , would hear , approve , and own , Paul fhould himself direct me , I ...
... heads Preferve the church ! and lay not careless hands On fculls that cannot teach , and will not learn . Would I defcribe a preacher , fuch as Paul Were he on earth , would hear , approve , and own , Paul fhould himself direct me , I ...
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