Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1782 - 367 páginas |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 22
Página 39
... use and just design , To make the pitiful poffeffor fhine , To purchase at the fool - frequented fair Of vanity , a wreath for felf to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind , Proof of a trifling and a worthless mind . A. Hail ...
... use and just design , To make the pitiful poffeffor fhine , To purchase at the fool - frequented fair Of vanity , a wreath for felf to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind , Proof of a trifling and a worthless mind . A. Hail ...
Página 55
... use , Ambition , av'rice , and the luft of fame , And woman , lovely woman , does the fame . The heart , furrender'd to the ruling pow'r Of fome ungovern'd paffion ev'ry hour , Finds by degrees , the truths that once bore sway , And all ...
... use , Ambition , av'rice , and the luft of fame , And woman , lovely woman , does the fame . The heart , furrender'd to the ruling pow'r Of fome ungovern'd paffion ev'ry hour , Finds by degrees , the truths that once bore sway , And all ...
Página 106
... use , As filly pride and idlenefs produce , Curl'd , fcented , furbelow'd and flounc'd around , With feet too delicate to touch the ground , They ftretch'd the neck , and roll'd the wanton eye , And figh'd for ev'ry fool that flutter'd ...
... use , As filly pride and idlenefs produce , Curl'd , fcented , furbelow'd and flounc'd around , With feet too delicate to touch the ground , They ftretch'd the neck , and roll'd the wanton eye , And figh'd for ev'ry fool that flutter'd ...
Página 134
... , Nor spare a life too fhort to reach the fkies . From them to thee convey'd along the tide , Their streaming hearts pour'd freely when they died , Thofe Thofe truths which neither use nor years impair , Invite ( 134 )
... , Nor spare a life too fhort to reach the fkies . From them to thee convey'd along the tide , Their streaming hearts pour'd freely when they died , Thofe Thofe truths which neither use nor years impair , Invite ( 134 )
Página 135
William Cowper. Thofe truths which neither use nor years impair , Invite thee , wooe thee , to the blifs they share . What dotage will not vanity maintain , What web too weak to catch a modern brain ? The moles and bats in full ...
William Cowper. Thofe truths which neither use nor years impair , Invite thee , wooe thee , to the blifs they share . What dotage will not vanity maintain , What web too weak to catch a modern brain ? The moles and bats in full ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Palavras e frases frequentes
againſt beſt bids bleffings bleft blifs boaſt breaſt cauſe charms Chriftian cloſe courſe defign defire diftant divine dream e'er earth eaſe elfe ev'ry eyes facred fafe fame fcenes fcripture fear feek feel feems feen fenfe fhades fhall fhine fhore fhould fhow fide filent fire firſt fkies flow'rs fmile fome fong foon forrow foul ftand ftill ftream ftrikes fuch fupplied fure fweet glory grace heart heav'n heav'nly herſelf 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'rs pride purpoſe purſue reft ſcene ſcorn ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtrains ſweet taſte thee thefe theme themſelves theſe thine thofe Thoſe thou thought thouſand truth uſe virtue waft waſte whofe Whoſe wiſdom Worfe