Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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... serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slackened to a pause , and we have borne The ruffling wind , scarce conscious that it blew , While admiration feeding at ...
... serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slackened to a pause , and we have borne The ruffling wind , scarce conscious that it blew , While admiration feeding at ...
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... serve Freely and with delight , who leaves us free : But recollecting still that he is man , We trust him not too far . King though he be , And king in England too , he may be weak , And vain enough to be ambitious still ; May exercise ...
... serve Freely and with delight , who leaves us free : But recollecting still that he is man , We trust him not too far . King though he be , And king in England too , he may be weak , And vain enough to be ambitious still ; May exercise ...
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... 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 gratify an itching ear , And give the ...
... 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 gratify an itching ear , And give the ...
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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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