Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1782 - 367 páginas |
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... wisdom and repentance e'er too late . Not only vice difpofes and prepares The mind that flumbers fweetly in her fnares , To stoop to tyranny's ufurp'd command , And bend her polish'd neck beneath his hand , ( A dire effect , by one of ...
... wisdom and repentance e'er too late . Not only vice difpofes and prepares The mind that flumbers fweetly in her fnares , To stoop to tyranny's ufurp'd command , And bend her polish'd neck beneath his hand , ( A dire effect , by one of ...
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William Cowper. They trust in armies , and their courage dies , In wisdom , wealth , in fortune , and in lies ; But all they truft in , withers , as it must , When he commands , in whom they place no trust . Vengeance at laft pours down ...
William Cowper. They trust in armies , and their courage dies , In wisdom , wealth , in fortune , and in lies ; But all they truft in , withers , as it must , When he commands , in whom they place no trust . Vengeance at laft pours down ...
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... wisdom , comeliness and worth , And call her charms to public notice forth , Than vice's mean and difingenuous race , To hide the shocking features of her face . Her form with drefs and lotion they repair , Then kifs their idol and ...
... wisdom , comeliness and worth , And call her charms to public notice forth , Than vice's mean and difingenuous race , To hide the shocking features of her face . Her form with drefs and lotion they repair , Then kifs their idol and ...
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... wisdom dictates , this the drift , That man is dead in fin , and life a gift . Is virtue then , unless of chriftian growth , Mere fallacy , or foolishness , or both , Ten thousand fages loft in endless woe , For ignorance of what they ...
... wisdom dictates , this the drift , That man is dead in fin , and life a gift . Is virtue then , unless of chriftian growth , Mere fallacy , or foolishness , or both , Ten thousand fages loft in endless woe , For ignorance of what they ...
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... wisdom were a flame Celestial , though they knew not whence it came , Deriv'd from the fame fource of light and grace That guides the christian in his swifter race ; Their judge was confcience , and her rule their law , That rule ...
... wisdom were a flame Celestial , though they knew not whence it came , Deriv'd from the fame fource of light and grace That guides the christian in his swifter race ; Their judge was confcience , and her rule their law , That rule ...
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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