Poems, Volumen 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... grave Like a coy maiden , ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oft'nest sacrifice are favour'd least . The love of Nature , and the scene she draws , Is Nature's dictate . Strange ! there should be ...
... grave Like a coy maiden , ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oft'nest sacrifice are favour'd least . The love of Nature , and the scene she draws , Is Nature's dictate . Strange ! there should be ...
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... deep shall rise , And , needing none assistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there . The earth shall shake him out of all his holds , Or make his house his grave : nor so content 52 BOOK II . THE TASK .
... deep shall rise , And , needing none assistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there . The earth shall shake him out of all his holds , Or make his house his grave : nor so content 52 BOOK II . THE TASK .
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William Cowper. Or make his house his grave : nor so content , Shall counterfeit the motions of the flood , And drown him in her dry and dusty gulphs . What then ! —were they the wicked above all , And we the righteous , whose fast ...
William Cowper. Or make his house his grave : nor so content , Shall counterfeit the motions of the flood , And drown him in her dry and dusty gulphs . What then ! —were they the wicked above all , And we the righteous , whose fast ...
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... grave or gay ? It may correct a foible , may chastise The freaks of fashion , regulate the dress , Retrench a sword - blade , or displace a patch ; But where are its sublimer trophies found ? What vice has it subdu'd ? whose heart ...
... grave or gay ? It may correct a foible , may chastise The freaks of fashion , regulate the dress , Retrench a sword - blade , or displace a patch ; But where are its sublimer trophies found ? What vice has it subdu'd ? whose heart ...
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... grave and learned clerks should need such aid . He doubtless is in sport , and does but droll , Assuming thus a rank unknown before— Grand caterer and dry - nurse of the church ! I venerate the man whose heart is warm , Whose hands are ...
... grave and learned clerks should need such aid . He doubtless is in sport , and does but droll , Assuming thus a rank unknown before— Grand caterer and dry - nurse of the church ! I venerate the man whose heart is warm , Whose hands are ...
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