Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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Page 10
... fields , and female feet , Too weak to ftruggle with tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are beft at home , The talk of new discoveries falls on me . At fuch a feafon , and with fuch a charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till ...
... fields , and female feet , Too weak to ftruggle with tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are beft at home , The talk of new discoveries falls on me . At fuch a feafon , and with fuch a charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till ...
Page 14
... field ; but , fcattered by degrees , Each to his choice , foon whiten all the land . There from the fun - burnt hay - field homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lightened of its charge , The wain that meets it paffes swiftly by ...
... field ; but , fcattered by degrees , Each to his choice , foon whiten all the land . There from the fun - burnt hay - field homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lightened of its charge , The wain that meets it paffes swiftly by ...
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... field For the unfcented fictions of the loom ; Who , fatisfied with only pencilled fcenes , Prefer to the performance of a God The inferior wonders of an artist's hand ! Lovely indeed the mimic works of art ; But Nature's works far ...
... field For the unfcented fictions of the loom ; Who , fatisfied with only pencilled fcenes , Prefer to the performance of a God The inferior wonders of an artist's hand ! Lovely indeed the mimic works of art ; But Nature's works far ...
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... fields appear below , such as he left Far diftant , fuch as he would die to find- He feeks them headlong , and is feen no more : The spleen is feldom felt where Flora reigns ; The lowering eye , the petulance , the frown , And fullen ...
... fields appear below , such as he left Far diftant , fuch as he would die to find- He feeks them headlong , and is feen no more : The spleen is feldom felt where Flora reigns ; The lowering eye , the petulance , the frown , And fullen ...
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... field , and clothes a foil So fterile with what charms foever she will , The richest scenery and the lovelieft forms . Where finds philofophy her eagle eye , With which the gazes at yon burning difk Undazzled , and detects and counts ...
... field , and clothes a foil So fterile with what charms foever she will , The richest scenery and the lovelieft forms . Where finds philofophy her eagle eye , With which the gazes at yon burning difk Undazzled , and detects and counts ...
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