Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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... heaven's sweet mercy in his cup , Can dig , beg , rot , and perish , well content , So he may wrap himself in honest rags At his last gasp ; but could not for a world Fish up his dirty and dependent bread From pools and 132 BOOK III ...
... heaven's sweet mercy in his cup , Can dig , beg , rot , and perish , well content , So he may wrap himself in honest rags At his last gasp ; but could not for a world Fish up his dirty and dependent bread From pools and 132 BOOK III ...
Page 275
... Heaven stoops down to see . Thus heaven - ward all things tend . For all were once Perfect , and all must be at length restored . So God has greatly purposed ; who would else In his dishonoured works himself endure Dishonour , and be ...
... Heaven stoops down to see . Thus heaven - ward all things tend . For all were once Perfect , and all must be at length restored . So God has greatly purposed ; who would else In his dishonoured works himself endure Dishonour , and be ...
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... Heaven and Hell- These alone , so often heard , No more move us than the bell When some stranger is interred . Oh then , ere the turf or tomb Cover us from every eye , Spirit of instruction come , Make us learn that we must die . ON A ...
... Heaven and Hell- These alone , so often heard , No more move us than the bell When some stranger is interred . Oh then , ere the turf or tomb Cover us from every eye , Spirit of instruction come , Make us learn that we must die . ON A ...
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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