Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1782 - 359 páginas |
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... themes like these employ the poet's tongue , ear as mute as if a fyren fung . Or tell me if you can , what pow'r maintains A Briton's fcorn of arbitrary chains ? 1 That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets ...
... themes like these employ the poet's tongue , ear as mute as if a fyren fung . Or tell me if you can , what pow'r maintains A Briton's fcorn of arbitrary chains ? 1 That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets ...
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... theme , Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse , Loft without thee th ' ennobling pow'rs of verfe , Heroic fong from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires ; Place me where winter breathes his keenest ...
... theme , Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse , Loft without thee th ' ennobling pow'rs of verfe , Heroic fong from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires ; Place me where winter breathes his keenest ...
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... theme , that others never feel . If human woes her foft attention claim , A tender fympathy pervades the frame , She pours a fenfibility divine Along the nerve of ev'ry feeling line . But But if a deed not tamely to be borne , ( 25 )
... theme , that others never feel . If human woes her foft attention claim , A tender fympathy pervades the frame , She pours a fenfibility divine Along the nerve of ev'ry feeling line . But But if a deed not tamely to be borne , ( 25 )
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... theme , The fruit of all her labour is whipt - cream . As if an eagle flew aloft , and then- Stoop'd from his highest pitch to pounce a wren . As if the poet purposing to wed , Should carve himself a wife in gingerbread . Ages elaps'd e ...
... theme , The fruit of all her labour is whipt - cream . As if an eagle flew aloft , and then- Stoop'd from his highest pitch to pounce a wren . As if the poet purposing to wed , Should carve himself a wife in gingerbread . Ages elaps'd e ...
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... theme . That theme on earth exhausted , though above ' Tis found as everlasting as his love , Man lavish'd all his thoughts on human things , The feats of heroes and the wrath of kings , But ftill while virtue kindled his delight , The ...
... theme . That theme on earth exhausted , though above ' Tis found as everlasting as his love , Man lavish'd all his thoughts on human things , The feats of heroes and the wrath of kings , But ftill while virtue kindled his delight , The ...
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againſt beſt bids bleffings bleft blifs boaſt breaſt caufe cauſe charms Chriftian clofe cloſe courſe defign defire divine e'er earth eaſe ev'ry eyes facred fafe fame fcene fcorn fear feek feem feen fenfe fhall fhine fhould fhow fide filent fire firſt fkies flow'rs fmile fome fong foon forrow foul ftand ftill ftrike fuch fupplies fure fweet glory grace heart heav'n heav'nly himſelf itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs loft luft mind moft moſt mufe muft muſt never o'er paffion peace pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pray'r pride purpoſe purſue reft reſt ſcene ſeem ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhine ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtore ſtrain ſtream ſweet taſte thee thefe theme theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand truth uſe VINCENT BOURNE virtue waft waſte whofe Whoſe wiſdom Worfe
Passagens conhecidas
Página 333 - He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state.
Página 307 - 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 339 - LITTLE inmate, full of mirth Chirping on my kitchen hearth. Wheresoe'er be thine abode, Always harbinger of good, Pay me for thy warm retreat With a song more soft and sweet ; In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give.
Página 71 - Hear the just law — the judgment of the skies! He that hates truth shall be the dupe of lies ; And he that -will be cheated to the last, Delusions strong as hell shall bind him fast.
Página 89 - 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 308 - 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 102 - Since the dear hour, that brought me to thy foot, And cut up all my follies by the root, I never trusted in an arm but thine, Nor hoped but in thy righteousness divine...
Página 170 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere : Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Página 317 - 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 89 - Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store: Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light...