Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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Page 58
... force , And all were fwift to follow whom all loved . Those funs are fet . Oh rife fome other fuch ! Or all that we have left , is empty talk Of old atchievements , and defpair of new . Now hoift the fail , and let the streamers float ...
... force , And all were fwift to follow whom all loved . Those funs are fet . Oh rife fome other fuch ! Or all that we have left , is empty talk Of old atchievements , and defpair of new . Now hoift the fail , and let the streamers float ...
Page 60
... force them fit , ' till he has pencil'd off A faithful likenefs of the forms he views ; Then to difpofe his copies with fuch art That each may find its most propitious light , And shine by fituation , hardly lefs , Than by the labor and ...
... force them fit , ' till he has pencil'd off A faithful likenefs of the forms he views ; Then to difpofe his copies with fuch art That each may find its most propitious light , And shine by fituation , hardly lefs , Than by the labor and ...
Page 62
... force and made no profelyte ) I fay the pulpit ( in the fober use Of its legitimate , peculiar pow'rs ) Must stand acknowledg'd , while the world shall stand , The most important and effectual guard , Support and ornament of virtue's ...
... force and made no profelyte ) I fay the pulpit ( in the fober use Of its legitimate , peculiar pow'rs ) Must stand acknowledg'd , while the world shall stand , The most important and effectual guard , Support and ornament of virtue's ...
Page 97
... force foliciting the darts , He drew them forth , and heal'd and bade me live . Since then , with few affociates , in remote And filent woods I wander , far from those My former partners of the peopled scene ; With few affociates , and ...
... force foliciting the darts , He drew them forth , and heal'd and bade me live . Since then , with few affociates , in remote And filent woods I wander , far from those My former partners of the peopled scene ; With few affociates , and ...
Page 112
... force . Proud of his well - fpread walls , he views his trees That meet ( no barren interval between ) With pleasure more than ev'n their fruits afford , Which , fave himself who trains them , none can feel : These therefore are his own ...
... force . Proud of his well - fpread walls , he views his trees That meet ( no barren interval between ) With pleasure more than ev'n their fruits afford , Which , fave himself who trains them , none can feel : These therefore are his own ...
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Page 47 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Page 348 - 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...
Page 354 - 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 271 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain for us ! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy, Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Page 218 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
Page 40 - 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 threatened in the fields and groves...
Page 101 - Defend me therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up...
Page 19 - Ye fallen avenues ! once more I mourn Your fate unmerited, once more rejoice That yet a remnant of your race survives.
Page 139 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 137 - 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...