Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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... bound , Binds man the lord of all . Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none ...
... bound , Binds man the lord of all . Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none ...
Page 142
... bound in chains of silence , which the fair , Though eloquent themselves , yet fear to break ; What is it , but a map of busy life , Its fluctuations , and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge , That tempts ...
... bound in chains of silence , which the fair , Though eloquent themselves , yet fear to break ; What is it , but a map of busy life , Its fluctuations , and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge , That tempts ...
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... to intoxicate the brows it bound . It is the abject property of most , That , being parcel of the common mass , And destitute of means to raise themselves , They sink , and settle lower than they need . BOOK V. WINTER MORNING WALK . 195.
... to intoxicate the brows it bound . It is the abject property of most , That , being parcel of the common mass , And destitute of means to raise themselves , They sink , and settle lower than they need . BOOK V. WINTER MORNING WALK . 195.
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THE TASK in Six Books | 1 |
Friendship 580 | 250 |
Stanzas subjoined to a Bill of Mortality for the year 1787 393 | 273 |
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Æsop Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast bound breath cause charge charms creatures dæmons death deem delight distant divine dread dream earth ease ev'n fair fame fancy farewell flight fear feed feel fieldfare flowers folly fountain of eternal fruit give glory grace grave groves hand happy happy prisoners hast heard heart heaven honour human John Throckmorton labour less life's live lyre mind mischief mounted best nature nature's Nebaioth never numbers o'er once peace perhaps play pleasure plebeian praise prize Profusion proud prove rest rude sacred scene schools scorn seek seems sensual world shade shine skies smile song soon soul sound street's end suspiria sweet task taste thee their's theme thine thou art toil truth Twas virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER winds wisdom wise wisely store wonder worth youth