Poems, Volumen1J. Johnson, 1798 |
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... still Acceffible , and pray'r prevail , the will . ' Tis not , however , infolence and noise , The tempeft of tumultuary joys , Nor is it , yet , defpondence and dismay , Will win her vifits or engage her stay ; Pray'r only , and the ...
... still Acceffible , and pray'r prevail , the will . ' Tis not , however , infolence and noise , The tempeft of tumultuary joys , Nor is it , yet , defpondence and dismay , Will win her vifits or engage her stay ; Pray'r only , and the ...
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... Still I infift , though mufic heretofore Has charm'd me much , ( not e'en Occiduus more ) Love , joy , and peace , make harmony more meet For fabbath ev'nings , and perhaps as fweet . Will not the ficklieft fheep of every flock Refort ...
... Still I infift , though mufic heretofore Has charm'd me much , ( not e'en Occiduus more ) Love , joy , and peace , make harmony more meet For fabbath ev'nings , and perhaps as fweet . Will not the ficklieft fheep of every flock Refort ...
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... Still hurtful , in th ' abufe , or by th ' excess . Is man then only for his torment plac'd The centre of delights he may not tafte ? Like fabled Tantalus , condemn'd to hear The precious ftream ftill purling in his ear , Lip - deep in ...
... Still hurtful , in th ' abufe , or by th ' excess . Is man then only for his torment plac'd The centre of delights he may not tafte ? Like fabled Tantalus , condemn'd to hear The precious ftream ftill purling in his ear , Lip - deep in ...
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... still needs his leading - string and bib , And praife his genius , he is foon repaid In praise applied to the same part — his head . For ' tis a rule , that holds for ever true , Grant me difcernment , and I grant it you . Patient of ...
... still needs his leading - string and bib , And praife his genius , he is foon repaid In praise applied to the same part — his head . For ' tis a rule , that holds for ever true , Grant me difcernment , and I grant it you . Patient of ...
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... still more ? The freeborn Chriftian has no chains to prove ; Or , if a chain , the golden one of love : No fear attends to quench his glowing fires , What fear he feels his gratitude inspires . Shall he for fuch deliv'rance , freely ...
... still more ? The freeborn Chriftian has no chains to prove ; Or , if a chain , the golden one of love : No fear attends to quench his glowing fires , What fear he feels his gratitude inspires . Shall he for fuch deliv'rance , freely ...
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Página 311 - The meek intelligence of those dear eyes (Blest be the art that can immortalize, The art that baffles Time's tyrannic claim To quench it) here shines on me still the same.
Página 263 - 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 205 - That reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted, sojourn here — The new acquaintance soon became a guest, And made so welcome at their simple feast, He...
Página 313 - 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 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 272 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Página 173 - When one, that holds communion with the skies, Has filled his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with us meaner things, 'Tis e'en as if an angel shook his wings ; Immortal fragrance fills the circuit wide, That tells us whence his treasures are supplied.
Página 313 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...
Página 280 - Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far...
Página 311 - 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.