Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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Page 8
... land recedes into the clouds ; Difplaying on its varied fide the grace Of hedge - row beauties numberless , square tower , Tall fpire , from which the found of cheerful bells Juft undulates upon the listening ear , Groves , heaths 8 ...
... land recedes into the clouds ; Difplaying on its varied fide the grace Of hedge - row beauties numberless , square tower , Tall fpire , from which the found of cheerful bells Juft undulates upon the listening ear , Groves , heaths 8 ...
Page 14
... 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 ; The boorish driver leaning over his team Vociferous , and impatient of delay ...
... 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 ; The boorish driver leaning over his team Vociferous , and impatient of delay ...
Page 15
... land , Now glitters in the fun , and now retires , As bafhful , yet impatient to be seen . Hence the declivity is fharp and short , And fuch the re - afcent : between them weeps A little naiad her impoverished urn All fummer long ...
... land , Now glitters in the fun , and now retires , As bafhful , yet impatient to be seen . Hence the declivity is fharp and short , And fuch the re - afcent : between them weeps A little naiad her impoverished urn All fummer long ...
Page 31
... land . In cities foul example on moft minds Begets its likeness . Rank abundance breeds In grofs and pampered cities floth and luft , And wantonnefs and gluttonous excefs . In cities vice is hidden with most ease , Or feen with leaft ...
... land . In cities foul example on moft minds Begets its likeness . Rank abundance breeds In grofs and pampered cities floth and luft , And wantonnefs and gluttonous excefs . In cities vice is hidden with most ease , Or feen with leaft ...
Page 40
... Lands interfected by a narrow frith Abhor each other . Mountains interpofed Make enemies of nations , who had elfe Like kindred drops been mingled into one . Thus man devotes his brother , and defiroys ; And , worse than all , and most ...
... Lands interfected by a narrow frith Abhor each other . Mountains interpofed Make enemies of nations , who had elfe Like kindred drops been mingled into one . Thus man devotes his brother , and defiroys ; And , worse than all , and most ...
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