Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1782 - 367 páginas |
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... please ; If smooth diffimulation , fkill'd to grace • A devil's purpose with an angel's face ; If fmiling peereffes and fimp'ring peers , In compaffing his throne a few short years ; If the gilt carriage and the pamper'd steed , That ...
... please ; If smooth diffimulation , fkill'd to grace • A devil's purpose with an angel's face ; If fmiling peereffes and fimp'ring peers , In compaffing his throne a few short years ; If the gilt carriage and the pamper'd steed , That ...
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... please , in such a cause I grant An English Poet's privilege to rant , ⠀⠀ But is not freedom , at least is not our's Too apt to play the wanton with her pow'rs , Grow freakish , and o'er leaping ev'ry mound Spread anarchy and terror ...
... please , in such a cause I grant An English Poet's privilege to rant , ⠀⠀ But is not freedom , at least is not our's Too apt to play the wanton with her pow'rs , Grow freakish , and o'er leaping ev'ry mound Spread anarchy and terror ...
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... wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as they fall , One Madrigal of their's is worth them all . D 4 A. ' Twould A. ' Twould thin the ranks of the poetic tribe ( 39 )
... wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as they fall , One Madrigal of their's is worth them all . D 4 A. ' Twould A. ' Twould thin the ranks of the poetic tribe ( 39 )
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... please her fated and indiff'rent lord ? Are sweet philofophy's enjoyments run Quite to the lees ? And has religion none ? Brutes capable , should tell you ' tis a lye , And judge you from the kennel and the fty . Delights like thefe ...
... please her fated and indiff'rent lord ? Are sweet philofophy's enjoyments run Quite to the lees ? And has religion none ? Brutes capable , should tell you ' tis a lye , And judge you from the kennel and the fty . Delights like thefe ...
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... please , Are qualities that seem to comprehend Whatever parents , guardians , fchools intend ; Hence an unfurnish'd and a listless mind , Though bufy , trifling ; empty , though refin'd ; Hence all that interferes , and dares to clafh ...
... please , Are qualities that seem to comprehend Whatever parents , guardians , fchools intend ; Hence an unfurnish'd and a listless mind , Though bufy , trifling ; empty , though refin'd ; Hence all that interferes , and dares to clafh ...
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