Poems, Volumen1J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... fire at their heroic deeds , Unworthy of the bleffings of the brave , Is base in kind , and born to be a flave . But let eternal infamy pursue The wretch to nought but his ambition true , Who , for the fake of filling with one blast The ...
... fire at their heroic deeds , Unworthy of the bleffings of the brave , Is base in kind , and born to be a flave . But let eternal infamy pursue The wretch to nought but his ambition true , Who , for the fake of filling with one blast The ...
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... fires . Patient of constitutional controul , He bears it with meek manliness of foul ; But , if authority grow wanton , woe To him that treads upon his free - born toe ; One step beyond the bound'ry of the laws Fires him at once in ...
... fires . Patient of constitutional controul , He bears it with meek manliness of foul ; But , if authority grow wanton , woe To him that treads upon his free - born toe ; One step beyond the bound'ry of the laws Fires him at once in ...
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... fire without the facrifice . The ftream that feeds the well - fpring of the heart Not more invigorates life's nobleft part , Than virtue quickens , with a warmth divine , The pow'rs that fin has brought to a decline . A. Th ...
... fire without the facrifice . The ftream that feeds the well - fpring of the heart Not more invigorates life's nobleft part , Than virtue quickens , with a warmth divine , The pow'rs that fin has brought to a decline . A. Th ...
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... mind that feels indeed the fire The mufe imparts , and can command the lyre , Acts with a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whate'er the theme , that others never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender TABLE 21 TALK .
... mind that feels indeed the fire The mufe imparts , and can command the lyre , Acts with a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whate'er the theme , that others never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender TABLE 21 TALK .
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... Fire indignation and a fenfe of fcorn , The firings are fwept with fuch a pow'r so loud , The ftorm of mufic fhakes ... fires to me belong ; I play with fyllables , and sport in fong . A. At Westminster , where little poets ftrive To fet ...
... Fire indignation and a fenfe of fcorn , The firings are fwept with fuch a pow'r so loud , The ftorm of mufic fhakes ... fires to me belong ; I play with fyllables , and sport in fong . A. At Westminster , where little poets ftrive To fet ...
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Página 77 - Just knows, and knows no more, her bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies.
Página 317 - Faithful remembrancer of one so dear, 0 welcome guest, though unexpected here! Who bidst me honour with an artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly as the precept were her own: And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.
Página 265 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Página 265 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Página 319 - Robin, day by day, Drew me to school along the public way, Delighted with my bauble coach, and wrapt In scarlet mantle warm, and velvet capt, 'Tis now become a history little known, That once we call'd the past'ral house our own.
Página 282 - Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song; For 'twas the...
Página 265 - But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot.
Página 159 - Tis thus Omnipotence his law fulfils, And vengeance executes what justice wills. Again— the band of commerce was designed To associate all the branches of mankind ; And if a boundless plenty be the robe, Trade is the golden girdle of the globe.
Página 319 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...
Página 196 - He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock it never is at home...