Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson and Company, 1812 |
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... sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judg'd a man of sense could scarce do worse , Than caper in ... sounds will be ; But such mere quarter - strokes are not for me . From him , who rears a poem lank and long TABLE TALK ...
... sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judg'd a man of sense could scarce do worse , Than caper in ... sounds will be ; But such mere quarter - strokes are not for me . From him , who rears a poem lank and long TABLE TALK ...
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... sounds , tho ' sweet and well combin'd , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave vice and folly unsubdu'd behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; " Tis he , the Nimrod of ...
... sounds , tho ' sweet and well combin'd , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave vice and folly unsubdu'd behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; " Tis he , the Nimrod of ...
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... With the same ease that man puts on his gown ? Will Av'rice and Concupiscence give place , Charm'd by the sounds - Your Reverence , or Your Grace ? No. But his own engagement binds him fast ; Or THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR . 39.
... With the same ease that man puts on his gown ? Will Av'rice and Concupiscence give place , Charm'd by the sounds - Your Reverence , or Your Grace ? No. But his own engagement binds him fast ; Or THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR . 39.
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... Sounds for the poor , but sounds alike for all : Kings are invited , and would kings obey , No slaves on Earth more welcome were than they : But royalty , nobility , and state , Are such a dead preponderating weight , That endless bliss ...
... Sounds for the poor , but sounds alike for all : Kings are invited , and would kings obey , No slaves on Earth more welcome were than they : But royalty , nobility , and state , Are such a dead preponderating weight , That endless bliss ...
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... sounds prophetic are too rough to suit Ears long accustom'd to the pleasing lute : They scorn'd his inspiration and his theme , Pronounc'd him frantic , and his fears a dream ; With self - indulgence wing'd the fleeting hours , Till the ...
... sounds prophetic are too rough to suit Ears long accustom'd to the pleasing lute : They scorn'd his inspiration and his theme , Pronounc'd him frantic , and his fears a dream ; With self - indulgence wing'd the fleeting hours , Till the ...
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Page 352 - Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones With caution and good heed.
Page 358 - And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware." So, turning to his horse, he said — " I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.
Page 350 - That's well said; And for that wine is dear, We will be furnished with our own, Which is both bright and clear." John Gilpin kissed his loving wife; O'erjoyed was he to find, That though on pleasure she was bent, She had a frugal mind. The morning came, the chaise was brought, But yet was not allowed To drive up to the door, lest all Should say that she was proud.
Page 354 - Were shatter'd at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he...
Page 265 - 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 ? Oh, tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 359 - The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain, Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein. • But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin, and away Went post-boy at his heels, The post-boy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels.
Page 330 - I last took a view Of my favourite field, and the bank where they grew ; And now in the grass behold they are laid, And the tree is my seat, that once lent me a shade. The blackbird has fled to another retreat, Where the hazels afford him a screen from the heat, And the scene, where his melody charm'd me before, Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more.
Page 353 - The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like streamer long and gay, Till, loop and button failing both, At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles he had slung ; A bottle swinging at each side, As hath been said or sung. The dogs did bark, the children scream'd, Up flew the windows all ; And ev'ry soul cried out, Well done!
Page 310 - Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights I ask, Me from my delights to sever, Me to torture, me to task ? Fleecy locks and black complexion, Cannot forfeit Nature's claim ; Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
Page 357 - What news? what news? your tidings tell; Tell me you must and shall — Say why bareheaded you are come, Or why you come at all?' Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit, And loved a timely joke; And thus unto the calender In merry guise he spoke: 'I came because your horse would come, And, if I well forebode, My hat and wig will soon be here, — They are upon the road.