Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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... still remember , nor without regret Of hours , that forrow fince has much endeared , How oft , my flice of pocket store confumed , Still hungering , penny lefs , and far from home , I fed on fcarlet hips and ftony haws , Or blufhing ...
... still remember , nor without regret Of hours , that forrow fince has much endeared , How oft , my flice of pocket store confumed , Still hungering , penny lefs , and far from home , I fed on fcarlet hips and ftony haws , Or blufhing ...
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... Still foothing , and of power to charm me still . And witness , dear companion of my walks , Whose arm this twentieth winter I perceive Fast locked in mine , with pleasure such as love , Confirmed by long experience of thy worth And ...
... Still foothing , and of power to charm me still . And witness , dear companion of my walks , Whose arm this twentieth winter I perceive Fast locked in mine , with pleasure such as love , Confirmed by long experience of thy worth And ...
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... still unfated , dwelt upon the scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just difcerned The diftant plough flow moving , and befide His labouring team , that fwerved not from the track , The sturdy fwain diminished to a boy ! Here Oufe ...
... still unfated , dwelt upon the scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just difcerned The diftant plough flow moving , and befide His labouring team , that fwerved not from the track , The sturdy fwain diminished to a boy ! Here Oufe ...
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... still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it affords . Its elevated fcite forbids the wretch To drink fweet waters of the cryftal well ; He dips his bowl into the weedy ditch , And , heavy - laden , brings his beverage home , Far fetched ...
... still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it affords . Its elevated fcite forbids the wretch To drink fweet waters of the cryftal well ; He dips his bowl into the weedy ditch , And , heavy - laden , brings his beverage home , Far fetched ...
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... correfponding lines ; And , though himself so polished , still reprieves The obfolete prolixity of shade . * John Courtnay Throckmorton , Efq . of Weston Underwood . Defcending now ( but cautious , left too fast ) 12 BOOK 1 . THE TASK .
... correfponding lines ; And , though himself so polished , still reprieves The obfolete prolixity of shade . * John Courtnay Throckmorton , Efq . of Weston Underwood . Defcending now ( but cautious , left too fast ) 12 BOOK 1 . THE TASK .
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