Poems, Band 1J. Johnson, 1782 - 359 Seiten |
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... whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite ; A fubject's faults , a subject may proclaim , A monarch's errors are forbidden game . Thus free from cenfure , over - aw'd by fear , And prais'd for virtues that they ...
... whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite ; A fubject's faults , a subject may proclaim , A monarch's errors are forbidden game . Thus free from cenfure , over - aw'd by fear , And prais'd for virtues that they ...
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... protects Sin's rotten trunk , concealing its defects . Mortals whose pleasures are their only care , First wish to be impos'd on , and then are . E 4 And left the fulfome artifice fhould fail , Themfelves will ( 55 )
... protects Sin's rotten trunk , concealing its defects . Mortals whose pleasures are their only care , First wish to be impos'd on , and then are . E 4 And left the fulfome artifice fhould fail , Themfelves will ( 55 )
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... whose story serves at least to show Men lov'd their own productions long ago , Wooed an unfeeling statue for his wife , Nor refted till the Gods had giv'n it life . If fome mere driv'ler fuck the fugar'd fib , One that still needs his ...
... whose story serves at least to show Men lov'd their own productions long ago , Wooed an unfeeling statue for his wife , Nor refted till the Gods had giv'n it life . If fome mere driv'ler fuck the fugar'd fib , One that still needs his ...
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... mint . Each , fire and dam , of an infernal race , Begetting and conceiving all that's base . None fends his arrow to the mark in view , Whose hand is feeble , or his aim untrue . F 3 For For though e'er yet the shaft is on the wing ( 69 )
... mint . Each , fire and dam , of an infernal race , Begetting and conceiving all that's base . None fends his arrow to the mark in view , Whose hand is feeble , or his aim untrue . F 3 For For though e'er yet the shaft is on the wing ( 69 )
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... whose wishes roam . But if you pass the threshold , you are caught , Die then , if pow'r Almighty fave you not . There hard'ning by degrees , ' till double steel'd , Take leave of nature's God , and God reveal'd , Then Then laugh at all ...
... whose wishes roam . But if you pass the threshold , you are caught , Die then , if pow'r Almighty fave you not . There hard'ning by degrees , ' till double steel'd , Take leave of nature's God , and God reveal'd , Then Then laugh at all ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...