Poems, Volumen 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... rest . Is it a time to wrangle , when the props And pillars of our planet seem to fail , And Nature with a dim and sickly eye To wait the close of all ? But grant her end More distant , and that prophecy demands A longer respite ...
... rest . Is it a time to wrangle , when the props And pillars of our planet seem to fail , And Nature with a dim and sickly eye To wait the close of all ? But grant her end More distant , and that prophecy demands A longer respite ...
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... rest are sober dreamers , grave and wise , And pregnant with discov'ries new and rare , Some write a narrative of wars , and feats Of heroes little known ; and call the rant An history : describe the man , of whom His own coevals took ...
... rest are sober dreamers , grave and wise , And pregnant with discov'ries new and rare , Some write a narrative of wars , and feats Of heroes little known ; and call the rant An history : describe the man , of whom His own coevals took ...
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... rest- A silent witness of the headlong rage Or heedless folly by which thousands die , Bone of my bone , and kindred souls to mine . God never meant that man should scale the heav'ns By strides of human wisdom . In his works , Though ...
... rest- A silent witness of the headlong rage Or heedless folly by which thousands die , Bone of my bone , and kindred souls to mine . God never meant that man should scale the heav'ns By strides of human wisdom . In his works , Though ...
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... , But barren , at th ' expence of neighb'ring twigs Less ostentatious , and yet studded thick With hopeful gems . The rest , no portion left That may disgrace his art , or disappoint Large expectation 112 BOOK III . THE TASK .
... , But barren , at th ' expence of neighb'ring twigs Less ostentatious , and yet studded thick With hopeful gems . The rest , no portion left That may disgrace his art , or disappoint Large expectation 112 BOOK III . THE TASK .
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... their charms , And dress the regular yet various scene . Plant behind plant aspiring , in the van The dwarfish , in the rear retir'd , but still Sublime above the rest , the statelier stand . So BOOK III . 121 THE GARDEN .
... their charms , And dress the regular yet various scene . Plant behind plant aspiring , in the van The dwarfish , in the rear retir'd , but still Sublime above the rest , the statelier stand . So BOOK III . 121 THE GARDEN .
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beauty beneath betimes boast bramble breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine dream earth ease Edmonton ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fast fear feed feel flow'rs folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits Gilpin give glory grace grave groves hand happy hast heard heart heav'n honour human JOHN GILPIN labour learn'd less liberty live lost lov'd lyre Mighty winds mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasure plebeian pow'r praise proud rapture riddance rude rural sacred scene seek seem'd shine shrubs sight simple plan skies slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound Stamp'd sweet task taste thee their's theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas virtue wash'd weary wind winter wisdom worth your's youth