Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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Page 18
... see , Conveys a diftant country , into , mine , And throws , Italian light on English walls : But imitative ftrokes can do no more . Than please the eye - fweet Nature ev'ry fenfe . The air falubrious of her lofty hills , The cheering ...
... see , Conveys a diftant country , into , mine , And throws , Italian light on English walls : But imitative ftrokes can do no more . Than please the eye - fweet Nature ev'ry fenfe . The air falubrious of her lofty hills , The cheering ...
Page 58
... see verse of mine ) Some fifty or an hundred luftrums hence , What was å monitor in George's days ? My very gentle reader , yet unborn , Of whom I needs muft augur better things , Since heav'n would fure grow weary of a world Productive ...
... see verse of mine ) Some fifty or an hundred luftrums hence , What was å monitor in George's days ? My very gentle reader , yet unborn , Of whom I needs muft augur better things , Since heav'n would fure grow weary of a world Productive ...
Page 67
... See , then , the quiver broken and decay'd , In which are kept our arrows ! Rufting there In wild disorder , and unfit for ufe , What wonder if , discharg'd into the world , They shame their shooters with a random flight , Their points ...
... See , then , the quiver broken and decay'd , In which are kept our arrows ! Rufting there In wild disorder , and unfit for ufe , What wonder if , discharg'd into the world , They shame their shooters with a random flight , Their points ...
Page 129
... See that your polifh'd arms be prim'd with care , And drop the night - bolt ; -ruffians are abroad ; And the firft larum of the cock's fhrill throat May prove a trumpet , fummoning your ear To horrid founds of hoftile feet within . Ev'n ...
... See that your polifh'd arms be prim'd with care , And drop the night - bolt ; -ruffians are abroad ; And the firft larum of the cock's fhrill throat May prove a trumpet , fummoning your ear To horrid founds of hoftile feet within . Ev'n ...
Page 172
... none can feel , But who , with filial confidence inspir'd , Can lift to heaven an unprefumptuous eye , And smiling say- " My Father made them all ! ” * See Hume . Are they not his by a peculiar right , And 172 BOOK V. THE TASK .
... none can feel , But who , with filial confidence inspir'd , Can lift to heaven an unprefumptuous eye , And smiling say- " My Father made them all ! ” * See Hume . Are they not his by a peculiar right , And 172 BOOK V. THE TASK .
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Page 304 - Well done! As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he? His fame soon spread around; He carries weight! he rides a race! 'Tis for a thousand pound!
Page 297 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
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Page 107 - Nor his, who patient stands till his feet throb, And his head thumps, to feed upon the breath Of patriots, bursting with heroic rage, Or placemen, all tranquillity and smiles.
Page 299 - Ah luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear, For while he spake a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might As he had done before.
Page 295 - Wouldst softly speak and stroke my head and smile — Could those few pleasant days again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart : the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might.
Page 293 - Thy maidens grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wished, I long believed, And disappointed still, was still deceived. By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot, But though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot.
Page 175 - O thou bounteous giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.
Page 303 - And keep it safe and sound. Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw.