Poems, Volumen2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... , and reach him there . The earth shall shake him out of all his holds , Or make his house his grave : nor fo content , Shall counterfeit the motions of the flood , 1 And drown him in her dry and dufty gulphs BOOK II . 45 THE TIME - PIECE .
... , and reach him there . The earth shall shake him out of all his holds , Or make his house his grave : nor fo content , Shall counterfeit the motions of the flood , 1 And drown him in her dry and dufty gulphs BOOK II . 45 THE TIME - PIECE .
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... house of clay , And flight the hovel as beneath her care ; But how a body fo fantastic , trim , And quaint , in its deportment and attire , Can lodge an heav'nly mind - demands a doubt . He that negociates between God and man , As God's ...
... house of clay , And flight the hovel as beneath her care ; But how a body fo fantastic , trim , And quaint , in its deportment and attire , Can lodge an heav'nly mind - demands a doubt . He that negociates between God and man , As God's ...
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... house the world . And ' tis a fearful spectacle 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 shake them in despair , and dance again ! Now ...
... house the world . And ' tis a fearful spectacle 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 shake them in despair , and dance again ! Now ...
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... house , And cleaves through life infeparably close To him that wears it . What can after - games Of riper joys , and commerce with the world , The lewd vain world , that muft receive him foon , Add to fuch erudition , thus acquir'd ...
... house , And cleaves through life infeparably close To him that wears it . What can after - games Of riper joys , and commerce with the world , The lewd vain world , that muft receive him foon , Add to fuch erudition , thus acquir'd ...
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... house too . Unconscious of a less propitious clime , There blooms exotic beauty , warm and fnug , While the winds whiftle and the fnows defcend . The fpiry myrtle with unwith'ring leaf Shines there , and flourishes . The golden boaft Of ...
... house too . Unconscious of a less propitious clime , There blooms exotic beauty , warm and fnug , While the winds whiftle and the fnows defcend . The fpiry myrtle with unwith'ring leaf Shines there , and flourishes . The golden boaft Of ...
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Página 327 - 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.
Página 40 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página 119 - tis the twanging horn ! O'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright...
Página 335 - Said Gilpin — So am I ! But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Página 40 - As human Nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast.
Página 41 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Página 34 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves?
Página 56 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design.
Página 189 - Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love That plann'd, and built, and still upholds a world So...
Página 333 - The bottles twain, behind his back, were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke as they had basted been. But still he...