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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... never better pleas'd Than when employ'd t ' accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The foft fettee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow , it receiv'd United yet divided , twain at once . So ...
... never better pleas'd Than when employ'd t ' accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The foft fettee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow , it receiv'd United yet divided , twain at once . So ...
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... ( 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 : [ 6 ]
... ( 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 : [ 6 ]
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... never feel : For I have loved the rural walk through lanes Of graffy fwarth close cropt by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs : have loved the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by ...
... never feel : For I have loved the rural walk through lanes Of graffy fwarth close cropt by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs : have loved the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by ...
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... with cattle fprinkled o'er , Conducts the eye along his finuous courfe Delighted . There , faft rooted in his bank Stand , never overlook'd , our fav'rite elms That That fcreen the herdfman's folitary hut ; While far beyond [ 9 ]
... with cattle fprinkled o'er , Conducts the eye along his finuous courfe Delighted . There , faft rooted in his bank Stand , never overlook'd , our fav'rite elms That That fcreen the herdfman's folitary hut ; While far beyond [ 9 ]
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... never mine abode . Not diftant far , a length of colonade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now fcorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From fultry funs , and in their shaded walks And long ...
... never mine abode . Not diftant far , a length of colonade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now fcorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From fultry funs , and in their shaded walks And long ...
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