Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1805 |
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... of good fenfe , and taste Of what is excellent in man , they thirst With fuch a zeal to be what they approve , * Bene't Coll . Cambridge . That no reftraints can circumfcribe them more Than they themselves 66 BOOK II . THE TASK .
... of good fenfe , and taste Of what is excellent in man , they thirst With fuch a zeal to be what they approve , * Bene't Coll . Cambridge . That no reftraints can circumfcribe them more Than they themselves 66 BOOK II . THE TASK .
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... taste Of critic appetite , no fordid fare , A cucumber , while coftly yet and scarce . The ftable yields a ftercoraceous heap , Impregnated with quick fermenting falts , And potent to refift the freezing blaft : For , ere the beech and ...
... taste Of critic appetite , no fordid fare , A cucumber , while coftly yet and scarce . The ftable yields a ftercoraceous heap , Impregnated with quick fermenting falts , And potent to refift the freezing blaft : For , ere the beech and ...
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... taste . Here alfo grateful mixture of well - matched And forted hues ( each giving each relief , And by contrafted beauty shining more ) Is needful . Strength may wield the ponderous fpade , May turn the clod , and wheel the compoft ...
... taste . Here alfo grateful mixture of well - matched And forted hues ( each giving each relief , And by contrafted beauty shining more ) Is needful . Strength may wield the ponderous fpade , May turn the clod , and wheel the compoft ...
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... taste , I cannot but lament thy fplendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools . I ftill revere thee , courtly though retired ; Though ftretched at ease in Chertsey's filent bowers , Not unemployed ; and finding rich amends For a ...
... taste , I cannot but lament thy fplendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools . I ftill revere thee , courtly though retired ; Though ftretched at ease in Chertsey's filent bowers , Not unemployed ; and finding rich amends For a ...
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... taste immortal truth ; Infipid elfe , and fure to be defpifed . But all is in his hand , whofe praise I seek . In vain the poet fings , and the world hears , If he regard not , though divine the theme . ' Tis not in artful measures , in ...
... taste immortal truth ; Infipid elfe , and fure to be defpifed . But all is in his hand , whofe praise I seek . In vain the poet fings , and the world hears , If he regard not , though divine the theme . ' Tis not in artful measures , in ...
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aſk beft beneath boaſt caufe cauſe charms clofe cloſe courſe dæmons defign diftant dream earth eaſe elfe eſcape facred fafe faft fame faſhion fatire fave fcene fcorn fear fecure feed feek feel feem fhall fide figh fight filent fince firft fleep flower fmiles foft fome fong foon foul ftands ftate ftill ftream fuch fweet grace happineſs heart heaven himſelf honour houſe itſelf juft laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs loft meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt myſelf nature Nebaioth never once paffed paſs peace pleafed pleaſe pleaſure praiſe purpoſe reft rife ſcene ſchools ſeems ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſpeak ſpirit ſpread ſtill ſuch ſweet tafte taſk thee thefe their's themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand truft truth uſe virtue wafte whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh worth
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Página 296 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...
Página 297 - Wouldst softly speak and stroke my head and smile — Could those few pleasant days again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart : the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might.
Página 206 - 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 37 - 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 214 - To stroke his azure neck, or to receive The lambent homage of his arrowy tongue. All creatures worship man, and all mankind One Lord, one Father.
Página 31 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...
Página 214 - Behold the measure of the promise fill'd ; See Salem built, the labour of a God ! Bright as a sun the sacred city shines ; All kingdoms and all princes of the earth Flock to that light ; the glory of all lands Flows into her ; unbounded is her joy, . And endless her increase.
Página 206 - Sacred to neatness and repose, the alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when, held within their proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime...
Página 309 - 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 296 - Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot; But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot.