Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 páginas |
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... moving , and befide His labouring team , that fwerved not from the track , The sturdy swain diminished to a boy ! Here Ouse , flow winding through a level plain Of fpacious meads with cattle sprinkled over , Conducts the eye along his ...
... moving , and befide His labouring team , that fwerved not from the track , The sturdy swain diminished to a boy ! Here Ouse , flow winding through a level plain Of fpacious meads with cattle sprinkled over , Conducts the eye along his ...
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... moves . Its own revolvency upholds the world . Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Elfe noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes , and streams , All feel the freshening impulse , and are cleansed By ...
... moves . Its own revolvency upholds the world . Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Elfe noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes , and streams , All feel the freshening impulse , and are cleansed By ...
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... move lightly , and the mountains smoke , For he has touched them . From the extremeft point Of elevation down into the abyss His wrath is busy , and his frown is felt . The rocks fall headlong , and the vallies rise , The rivers die ...
... move lightly , and the mountains smoke , For he has touched them . From the extremeft point Of elevation down into the abyss His wrath is busy , and his frown is felt . The rocks fall headlong , and the vallies rise , The rivers die ...
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... Moved not , while their's was rocked , like a light skiff , The sport of every wave ? No : none are clear , And none than we more guilty . But , where all Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the fhafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may ...
... Moved not , while their's was rocked , like a light skiff , The sport of every wave ? No : none are clear , And none than we more guilty . But , where all Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the fhafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may ...
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... moving scene , And recognize the flow - retiring fair.- Now this is fulfome ; and offends me more Than in a churchman flovenly neglect And ruftic coarseness would . An heavenly mind May be indifferent to her house of clay , And flight ...
... moving scene , And recognize the flow - retiring fair.- Now this is fulfome ; and offends me more Than in a churchman flovenly neglect And ruftic coarseness would . An heavenly mind May be indifferent to her house of clay , And flight ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
againſt Becauſe beneath beſt caufe cauſe charms cloſe courſe dæmons defigned diftant dream earth eaſe Elfe eſcape ev'n facred fafe fame faſhion fear fecure feed feek feel feems ferve fhall fhine fhould fide figh fight filent fince firſt flaves fleep flowers fome fong foon foul ftill ftream fuch fweet grace happineſs heart heaven himſelf honour houſe itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs loft meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature Nebaioth never o'er once paſs peace pleaſe pleaſure praiſe purpoſe reft reſt ſcene ſchools ſeaſon ſee ſeems ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſport ſpread ſpring ſtate ſteps ſtill ſuch ſweet taſk taſte thee their's themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou art thouſand truft truth uſe virtue wafte whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh worth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 236 - Come, then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! It was thine By ancient covenant, ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
Página 121 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 41 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.
Página 121 - Nor his, who patient stands till his feet throb, And his head thumps, to feed upon the breath Of patriots, bursting with heroic rage, Or placemen, all tranquillity and smiles.
Página 159 - The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.
Página 89 - In the pure fountain of eternal love Has eyes indeed ; and viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives Him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Página 48 - Suspend the effect, or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means since first he made the world? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation less Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his use, and ready at his will...
Página 224 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Página 330 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, .
Página 189 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor, perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own.