Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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Page 152
... less than her's , not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry , but set With modest grandeur in thy purple zone , Resplendent less , but of an ampler round . Come then , and thou shalt find thy votary calm , Or make me so ...
... less than her's , not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry , but set With modest grandeur in thy purple zone , Resplendent less , but of an ampler round . Come then , and thou shalt find thy votary calm , Or make me so ...
Page 266
... less , methinks , than sacrilege might serve- ( For was it less , what heathen would have dared To strip Jove's statue of his oaken wreath , And hang it up in honour of a man ? ) Much less might serve , when all that we design Is but to ...
... less , methinks , than sacrilege might serve- ( For was it less , what heathen would have dared To strip Jove's statue of his oaken wreath , And hang it up in honour of a man ? ) Much less might serve , when all that we design Is but to ...
Page 376
... less deplored thee , ne'er forgot . Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more , Children not thine have trod my nursery floor ; And where the gardener Robin , day by day , Drew me to school along the public way , Delighted with my ...
... less deplored thee , ne'er forgot . Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more , Children not thine have trod my nursery floor ; And where the gardener Robin , day by day , Drew me to school along the public way , Delighted with my ...
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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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