Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1782 - 367 páginas |
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... hear it call'd extravagance and waste , If thefe attendants , and if fuch as these , Muft follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confin'd the fphere , Happy the ftate that has not these to fear . } A. Thus A. Thus men ...
... hear it call'd extravagance and waste , If thefe attendants , and if fuch as these , Muft follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confin'd the fphere , Happy the ftate that has not these to fear . } A. Thus A. Thus men ...
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... hears the thunder e'er the tempeft low'rs , And arm'd with strength furpaffing human pow'rs , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his foul into the dawning plan , Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and ...
... hears the thunder e'er the tempeft low'rs , And arm'd with strength furpaffing human pow'rs , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his foul into the dawning plan , Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and ...
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... Hear him again . He calls it a delight , A day of luxury , obferv'd aright , When the glad foul is made heav'ns welcome guest , Sits banquetting , and God provides the feast . But triflers are engag'd and cannot come ; Their answer to ...
... Hear him again . He calls it a delight , A day of luxury , obferv'd aright , When the glad foul is made heav'ns welcome guest , Sits banquetting , and God provides the feast . But triflers are engag'd and cannot come ; Their answer to ...
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... lefs , Still hurtful , in th ' abuse , or by th ' excess . Is man then only for his torment plac'd , The center of delights he may not taste ? Like Like fabled Tantalus condemn'd to hear The precious stream ftill ( 32 )
... lefs , Still hurtful , in th ' abuse , or by th ' excess . Is man then only for his torment plac'd , The center of delights he may not taste ? Like Like fabled Tantalus condemn'd to hear The precious stream ftill ( 32 )
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William Cowper. Like fabled Tantalus condemn'd to hear The precious stream ftill purling in his ear , Lip - deep in what he longs for , and yet curst With prohibition and perpetual thirst ? No , wrangler - deftitute of fhame and fenfe ...
William Cowper. Like fabled Tantalus condemn'd to hear The precious stream ftill purling in his ear , Lip - deep in what he longs for , and yet curst With prohibition and perpetual thirst ? No , wrangler - deftitute of fhame and fenfe ...
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