Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1782 - 359 pages |
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... once in freedom's glorious cause . Thus proud prerogative , not much rever'd , Is feldom felt , though fometimes feen and heard And in his cage , like parrot fine and gay , Is kept to ftrut , look big , and talk away . Born in a climate ...
... once in freedom's glorious cause . Thus proud prerogative , not much rever'd , Is feldom felt , though fometimes feen and heard And in his cage , like parrot fine and gay , Is kept to ftrut , look big , and talk away . Born in a climate ...
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... for a prey , They fwarm around thee , and thou standst at bay . Undaunted ftill , though wearied and perplex'd , Once Chatham fav'd thee , but who faves thee next ? Alas ! Alas ! the tide of pleafure fweeps along All that ( 19 )
... for a prey , They fwarm around thee , and thou standst at bay . Undaunted ftill , though wearied and perplex'd , Once Chatham fav'd thee , but who faves thee next ? Alas ! Alas ! the tide of pleafure fweeps along All that ( 19 )
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... once adorn'd thy brow , The prize of happier times will ferve thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant chriftian race , Patterns of ev'ry virtue , ev'ry grace , Confefs'd a God , they kneel'd before they fought , And praised him in the ...
... once adorn'd thy brow , The prize of happier times will ferve thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant chriftian race , Patterns of ev'ry virtue , ev'ry grace , Confefs'd a God , they kneel'd before they fought , And praised him in the ...
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... , or when , Though confcience will have twinges now and then When profanation of the facred caufe In all its parts , times , ministry and laws , ; Befpeaks Bespeaks a land once chriftian , fall'n and loft In ( ૪ ) 22 )
... , or when , Though confcience will have twinges now and then When profanation of the facred caufe In all its parts , times , ministry and laws , ; Befpeaks Bespeaks a land once chriftian , fall'n and loft In ( ૪ ) 22 )
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William Cowper. Bespeaks a land once chriftian , fall'n and loft In all that wars against that title most , What follows next let cities of great name , And regions long fince defolate proclaim , Nineveh , Babylon , and antient Rome ...
William Cowper. Bespeaks a land once chriftian , fall'n and loft In all that wars against that title most , What follows next let cities of great name , And regions long fince defolate proclaim , Nineveh , Babylon , and antient Rome ...
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Page 333 - He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state.
Page 307 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 339 - LITTLE inmate, full of mirth Chirping on my kitchen hearth. Wheresoe'er be thine abode, Always harbinger of good, Pay me for thy warm retreat With a song more soft and sweet ; In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give.
Page 71 - Hear the just law — the judgment of the skies! He that hates truth shall be the dupe of lies ; And he that -will be cheated to the last, Delusions strong as hell shall bind him fast.
Page 89 - Just knows, and knows no more, her bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies.
Page 308 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Page 102 - Since the dear hour, that brought me to thy foot, And cut up all my follies by the root, I never trusted in an arm but thine, Nor hoped but in thy righteousness divine...
Page 170 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere : Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Page 317 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Page 89 - Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store: Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light...