Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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Page 5
... hour To fleep within the carriage more secure , His legs depending at the open door . Sweet fleep enjoys the curate in his desk ; The tedious rector drawling over his head ; And fweet the clerk below . But neither fleep Of lazy nurse ...
... hour To fleep within the carriage more secure , His legs depending at the open door . Sweet fleep enjoys the curate in his desk ; The tedious rector drawling over his head ; And fweet the clerk below . But neither fleep Of lazy nurse ...
Page 6
... 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 crabs , or berries , that imbofs The ...
... 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 crabs , or berries , that imbofs The ...
Page 18
... hours of sweetest ease . The fedentary ftretch their lazy length When cuftom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deferted of its bloom , the flaccid , fhrunk , And withered mufcle , and the ...
... hours of sweetest ease . The fedentary ftretch their lazy length When cuftom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deferted of its bloom , the flaccid , fhrunk , And withered mufcle , and the ...
Page 113
... hour is come , When , having no stake left , no pledge to endear Her intereft , or that gives her facred cause A moment's operation on his love , He burns with most intense and flagrant zeal To serve his country . Ministerial grace ...
... hour is come , When , having no stake left , no pledge to endear Her intereft , or that gives her facred cause A moment's operation on his love , He burns with most intense and flagrant zeal To serve his country . Ministerial grace ...
Page 115
... corrupted elfe , And therefore more obnoxious , at this hour Than Sodom in her day had power to be , For whom God heard his Abraham plead in vain . THE TASK . BOOK IV . ARGUMENT OF THE FOURTH I 2 BOOK III . 115 THE GARDEN .
... corrupted elfe , And therefore more obnoxious , at this hour Than Sodom in her day had power to be , For whom God heard his Abraham plead in vain . THE TASK . BOOK IV . ARGUMENT OF THE FOURTH I 2 BOOK III . 115 THE GARDEN .
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