Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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Page 19
... shows , and , gracing a gray beard With youthful fmiles , defcends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , ease , when courted moft , Fartheft retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who ofteneft ...
... shows , and , gracing a gray beard With youthful fmiles , defcends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , ease , when courted moft , Fartheft retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who ofteneft ...
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... shows , And at his feet the baffled billows die . The common , overgrown with fern , and rough With prickly gorfe , that fhapelefs and deformed And dangerous to the touch , has yet its bloom , And decks itself with ornaments of gold ...
... shows , And at his feet the baffled billows die . The common , overgrown with fern , and rough With prickly gorfe , that fhapelefs and deformed And dangerous to the touch , has yet its bloom , And decks itself with ornaments of gold ...
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... shows a tawny skin , The vellum of the pedigree they claim . Great skill have they in palmistry , and more To conjure clean away the gold they touch , Conveying worthless drofs into its place ; Loud when they beg , dumb only when they ...
... shows a tawny skin , The vellum of the pedigree they claim . Great skill have they in palmistry , and more To conjure clean away the gold they touch , Conveying worthless drofs into its place ; Loud when they beg , dumb only when they ...
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... with our's ? Rude as thou art , ( for we returned thee rude And ignorant , except of outward show ) I cannot think thee yet so dull of heart * Omai . And spiritless , as never to regret Sweets tafted here BOOK I. 29 THE SOFA .
... with our's ? Rude as thou art , ( for we returned thee rude And ignorant , except of outward show ) I cannot think thee yet so dull of heart * Omai . And spiritless , as never to regret Sweets tafted here BOOK I. 29 THE SOFA .
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... In all her streets The voice of finging and the sprightly chord * Alluding to the fog that covered both Europe and Afia during the whole fummer of 1783 . Are filent . Revelry , and dance , and show 42 BOOK 11 . THE TASK .
... In all her streets The voice of finging and the sprightly chord * Alluding to the fog that covered both Europe and Afia during the whole fummer of 1783 . Are filent . Revelry , and dance , and show 42 BOOK 11 . THE TASK .
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