Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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Page 107
... delight To fill with riot , and defile with blood . Should some contagion , kind to the poor We persecute ... Delights which who would leave , that has a heart Susceptible of pity , or a mind Cultured and capable of sober thought , For ...
... delight To fill with riot , and defile with blood . Should some contagion , kind to the poor We persecute ... Delights which who would leave , that has a heart Susceptible of pity , or a mind Cultured and capable of sober thought , For ...
Page 223
... delights in , and in whom he dwells . Acquaint thyself with God , if thou wouldest taste His works . Admitted once to ... delight Till then unfelt , what hands divine have wrought . Brutes graze the mountain - top , with faces prone And ...
... delights in , and in whom he dwells . Acquaint thyself with God , if thou wouldest taste His works . Admitted once to ... delight Till then unfelt , what hands divine have wrought . Brutes graze the mountain - top , with faces prone And ...
Page 384
... delight- The secret just committed Forgetting its important weight , They drop through mere desire to prate , And by themselves outwitted . How bright soe'er the prospect seems , All thoughts of friendship are but dreams If envy chance ...
... delight- The secret just committed Forgetting its important weight , They drop through mere desire to prate , And by themselves outwitted . How bright soe'er the prospect seems , All thoughts of friendship are but dreams If envy chance ...
Contents
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