Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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... seen . Hence the declivity is sharp and short , And such the re - ascent : between them weeps A little naiad her impoverished urn All summer long , which winter fills again . The folded gates would bar my progress now , But that the ...
... seen . Hence the declivity is sharp and short , And such the re - ascent : between them weeps A little naiad her impoverished urn All summer long , which winter fills again . The folded gates would bar my progress now , But that the ...
Page 153
... seen his giant bulk Whole without stooping , towering crest and all , My pleasures too begin . But me perhaps The glowing hearth may satisfy awhile With faint illumination , that uplifts The shadows to the ceiling , there by fits ...
... seen his giant bulk Whole without stooping , towering crest and all , My pleasures too begin . But me perhaps The glowing hearth may satisfy awhile With faint illumination , that uplifts The shadows to the ceiling , there by fits ...
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... seen a hare , to a hare that had never seen a spaniel . I did it with great caution , but there was no real need of it . Puss discovered no token of fear , nor Marquis the least symp- tom of hostility . There is therefore , it should ...
... seen a hare , to a hare that had never seen a spaniel . I did it with great caution , but there was no real need of it . Puss discovered no token of fear , nor Marquis the least symp- tom of hostility . There is therefore , it should ...
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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