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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... thine , but curiofity perhaps , Or elfe vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bow'rs , to fhow thee here With what fuperior skill we can abuse The gifts of providence , and fquander life . The dream is past . And thou ...
... thine , but curiofity perhaps , Or elfe vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bow'rs , to fhow thee here With what fuperior skill we can abuse The gifts of providence , and fquander life . The dream is past . And thou ...
Page 35
... thine are honest tears , A patriot's for his country . Thou art fad At thought of her forlorn and abject state , From which no power of thine can raise her up . Thus fancy paints thee , and though apt to err , Perhaps errs little , when ...
... thine are honest tears , A patriot's for his country . Thou art fad At thought of her forlorn and abject state , From which no power of thine can raise her up . Thus fancy paints thee , and though apt to err , Perhaps errs little , when ...
Page 53
... thine escape Far guiltier England , left he fpare not thee . Happy the man who fees a God employed In all the good and ill that checquer life ! Refolving all events with their effects And manifold refults , into the will E 3 And P And ...
... thine escape Far guiltier England , left he fpare not thee . Happy the man who fees a God employed In all the good and ill that checquer life ! Refolving all events with their effects And manifold refults , into the will E 3 And P And ...
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... drown it ? What is his creation lefs Than a capacious refervoir of means Form'd for his use , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye - falve , ask of him , E 4 Or Or afk of whomsoever he has taught , And learn [ 55 ]
... drown it ? What is his creation lefs Than a capacious refervoir of means Form'd for his use , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye - falve , ask of him , E 4 Or Or afk of whomsoever he has taught , And learn [ 55 ]
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... temper sheds into thy chryftal cup . Thou art the nurse of virtue . In thine arms She fmiles , appearing , as in truth fhe is , Heav'n born and deftined to the skies again . Thou Heav'n [ 93 ] Or when rough winter rages, on the foft ...
... temper sheds into thy chryftal cup . Thou art the nurse of virtue . In thine arms She fmiles , appearing , as in truth fhe is , 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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