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... never better pleas'd Than when employ'd t ' accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devis'd The foft fettee , one elbow at each end , And in the midft an elbow , it receiv'd United yet divided , twain at once . So ...
... never better pleas'd Than when employ'd t ' accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devis'd The foft fettee , one elbow at each end , And in the midft an elbow , it receiv'd United yet divided , twain at once . So ...
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... pangs arthritic that infeft the toe Of libertine excefs . The SOFA fuits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though on the SOFA , may I never feel : For For I have lov'd the rural walk through lanes . I. 5 THE SOFA ,
... pangs arthritic that infeft the toe Of libertine excefs . The SOFA fuits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though on the SOFA , may I never feel : For For I have lov'd the rural walk through lanes . I. 5 THE SOFA ,
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... never overlook'd , our fav'rite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond and overthwart the stream That as with molten glass inlays the vale , The floping land recedes into the clouds ; Displaying on its varied ...
... never overlook'd , our fav'rite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond and overthwart the stream That as with molten glass inlays the vale , The floping land recedes into the clouds ; Displaying on its varied ...
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... never mine abode . Not distant far , at length a colonade Invites us . Monument of ancient tafte , Now fcorn'd , but worthy of a better fate.- Our fathers knew the value of a screen From fultry funs , and in their fhaded walks And long ...
... never mine abode . Not distant far , at length a colonade Invites us . Monument of ancient tafte , Now fcorn'd , but worthy of a better fate.- Our fathers knew the value of a screen From fultry funs , and in their fhaded walks And long ...
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... the painter's magic skill , Who fhews me that which I fhall never fee , Conveys a distant country into mine , And throws Italian light on English walls . But But imitative strokes can do no more Than please the 18 Book THE TASK .
... the painter's magic skill , Who fhews me that which I fhall never fee , Conveys a distant country into mine , And throws Italian light on English walls . But But imitative strokes can do no more Than please the 18 Book THE TASK .
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Página 245 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Página 255 - 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.
Página 167 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Página 44 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Página 247 - For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more.
Página 196 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain for us ! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy, Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Página 255 - And thus unto the youth she said That drove them to the Bell, This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well. 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.
Página 249 - So fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein.
Página 248 - And keep it safe and sound. Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw.
Página 154 - Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.