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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... live exempted ( while 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 ...
... live exempted ( while 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 ...
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... live - long night : nor thefe alone whofe notes Nice - finger'd art must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that fwim fublime In still repeated circles , screaming loud , The jay , the pie , and ev'n the boding owl That ...
... live - long night : nor thefe alone whofe notes Nice - finger'd art must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that fwim fublime In still repeated circles , screaming loud , The jay , the pie , and ev'n the boding owl That ...
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... lives but while fhe moves . Its own revolvency upholds the world . Winds from all 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 ...
... lives but while fhe moves . Its own revolvency upholds the world . Winds from all 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 ...
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... live . Then wherefore not renounce them ? No - the dread , The flavish dread of folitude , that breeds Reflection and remorfe , the fear of shame , And their invet'rate habits , all forbid . Whom call we gay ? That honor has been long ...
... live . Then wherefore not renounce them ? No - the dread , The flavish dread of folitude , that breeds Reflection and remorfe , the fear of shame , And their invet'rate habits , all forbid . Whom call we gay ? That honor has been long ...
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... live an atheist life . Involves the 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 ...
... live an atheist life . Involves the 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 ...
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