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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Page 54
... heav'n In tempefts , quits his grafp upon the winds And gives them all their fury . Bids a plague Kindle a fiery boil upon the skin , And putrify the breath of blooming health . He He calls for famine , and the meagre fiend Blows [ 54 ]
... heav'n In tempefts , quits his grafp upon the winds And gives them all their fury . Bids a plague Kindle a fiery boil upon the skin , And putrify the breath of blooming health . He He calls for famine , and the meagre fiend Blows [ 54 ]
Page 63
... heav'n all were ! But hark - the Doctor's voice - fast wedg'd between Two empirics he ftands , and with fwoln cheeks . Infpires the news , his trumpet . Keener far Than all invective is his bold harrangue , While through that public ...
... heav'n all were ! But hark - the Doctor's voice - fast wedg'd between Two empirics he ftands , and with fwoln cheeks . Infpires the news , his trumpet . Keener far Than all invective is his bold harrangue , While through that public ...
Page 75
... heav'n would fure grow weary of a world Productive only of a race like us , A monitor is wood . Plank fhaven thin . 8 We wear it at our backs . There closely braced And neatly fitted , it compreffes hard The prominent and most unfightly ...
... heav'n would fure grow weary of a world Productive only of a race like us , A monitor is wood . Plank fhaven thin . 8 We wear it at our backs . There closely braced And neatly fitted , it compreffes hard The prominent and most unfightly ...
Page 79
... heav'n- So fare we in this prifon - house the world . And ' tis a fearful fpectacle to fee So many maniacs dancing in their chains . They gaze upon the links that hold them faft With eyes of anguish , execrate their lot , Then fhake ...
... heav'n- So fare we in this prifon - house the world . And ' tis a fearful fpectacle to fee So many maniacs dancing in their chains . They gaze upon the links that hold them faft With eyes of anguish , execrate their lot , Then fhake ...
Page 93
... Heav'n born and deftined to the skies again . Thou Heav'n [ 93 ] Or when rough winter rages, on the foft ...
... Heav'n born and deftined to the skies again . Thou Heav'n [ 93 ] Or when rough winter rages, on the foft ...
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