Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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... wrong , repofed his weary ftrength . Those barbarous ages paft , fucceeded next The birth - day of invention ; weak at first , Dull in defign , and clumfy to perform . Joint - ftools were then created ; on three legs Upborne they food ...
... wrong , repofed his weary ftrength . Those barbarous ages paft , fucceeded next The birth - day of invention ; weak at first , Dull in defign , and clumfy to perform . Joint - ftools were then created ; on three legs Upborne they food ...
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William Cowper. Admits me to a fhare ; the guiltless eye Commits no wrong , nor wastes what it enjoys . Refreshing change ! where now the blazing fun ? By short tranfition we have loft his glare , And stepped at once into a cooler clime ...
William Cowper. Admits me to a fhare ; the guiltless eye Commits no wrong , nor wastes what it enjoys . Refreshing change ! where now the blazing fun ? By short tranfition we have loft his glare , And stepped at once into a cooler clime ...
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... wrong and outrage , with which earth is filled . There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart , It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is fevered as the flax , That falls afunder at the touch of fire . He finds his ...
... wrong and outrage , with which earth is filled . There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart , It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is fevered as the flax , That falls afunder at the touch of fire . He finds his ...
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William Cowper. To enforce the wrong , for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as a lawful prey . Lands interfected by a narrow frith Abhor each other . Mountains interpofed Make enemies of nations , who had elfe Like kindred drops ...
William Cowper. To enforce the wrong , for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as a lawful prey . Lands interfected by a narrow frith Abhor each other . Mountains interpofed Make enemies of nations , who had elfe Like kindred drops ...
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... wrong . ' Twas hard perhaps on here and there a waif , Defirous to return , and not received : But was an wholesome rigour in the main , And taught the unblemished to preserve with care That purity , whofe lofs was lofs of all . 82 23 ...
... wrong . ' Twas hard perhaps on here and there a waif , Defirous to return , and not received : But was an wholesome rigour in the main , And taught the unblemished to preserve with care That purity , whofe lofs was lofs of all . 82 23 ...
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