Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1788 |
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Page 43
... defire , And kindles in his foul a treach'rous fire , While all his purposes and steps to guard , Peace follows virtue as its fure reward ; And pleasure brings as furely in her train , Remorfe and forrow and vindictive pain . Man thus ...
... defire , And kindles in his foul a treach'rous fire , While all his purposes and steps to guard , Peace follows virtue as its fure reward ; And pleasure brings as furely in her train , Remorfe and forrow and vindictive pain . Man thus ...
Page 57
... defire , With fome cold moral think to quench the fire , Though all your engineering proves in vain , The dribbling ftream ne'er puts it out again . Oh that a verfe had pow'r , and could command Far , far away , these flesh - flies of ...
... defire , With fome cold moral think to quench the fire , Though all your engineering proves in vain , The dribbling ftream ne'er puts it out again . Oh that a verfe had pow'r , and could command Far , far away , these flesh - flies of ...
Page 124
... defire , Suff'ring the vengeance of eternal fire : Then nature injur'd , fcandaliz'd , defil'd , Unveil'd her blufhing cheek , look'd on and fmil'd , Beheld with joy the lovely scene defac'd , And prais'd the wrath that lay'd her ...
... defire , Suff'ring the vengeance of eternal fire : Then nature injur'd , fcandaliz'd , defil'd , Unveil'd her blufhing cheek , look'd on and fmil'd , Beheld with joy the lovely scene defac'd , And prais'd the wrath that lay'd her ...
Page 138
... defire it thine ; ( Awful alternative ! believ'd , belov'd , Thy glory , and thy fhame if unimprov❜d ) Are never long vouchfaf'd , if push'd aside With cold difguft or philofophic pride , And that judicially withdrawn , difgrace ...
... defire it thine ; ( Awful alternative ! believ'd , belov'd , Thy glory , and thy fhame if unimprov❜d ) Are never long vouchfaf'd , if push'd aside With cold difguft or philofophic pride , And that judicially withdrawn , difgrace ...
Page 143
... defire would grace with other speech Joys always priz'd , when plac'd within our reach . For lift thy palfied head , shake off the gloom That overhangs the borders of thy tomb , See nature gay as when she first began , With fmiles ...
... defire would grace with other speech Joys always priz'd , when plac'd within our reach . For lift thy palfied head , shake off the gloom That overhangs the borders of thy tomb , See nature gay as when she first began , With fmiles ...
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