Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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Page 153
... feel a stupor , know no pause , Nor need one ; I am conscious , and confess Fearless a soul , that does not always think . Me oft has fancy , ludicrous and wild Soothed with a waking dream of houses , towers , BOOK IV . 153 WINTER EVENING .
... feel a stupor , know no pause , Nor need one ; I am conscious , and confess Fearless a soul , that does not always think . Me oft has fancy , ludicrous and wild Soothed with a waking dream of houses , towers , BOOK IV . 153 WINTER EVENING .
Page 242
... soul in all things , and that soul is God . The beauties of the wilderness are his , That makes so gay the solitary place Where no eye sees them . And the fairer forms , That cultivation glories in , are his . He sets 242 BOOK VI . THE ...
... soul in all things , and that soul is God . The beauties of the wilderness are his , That makes so gay the solitary place Where no eye sees them . And the fairer forms , That cultivation glories in , are his . He sets 242 BOOK VI . THE ...
Page 386
... soul True as a needle to the pole , Their humour yet so various- They manifest their whole life through The needle's deviations too , Their love is so precarious . The great and small but rarely meet On terms of 386 FRIENDSHIP .
... soul True as a needle to the pole , Their humour yet so various- They manifest their whole life through The needle's deviations too , Their love is so precarious . The great and small but rarely meet On terms of 386 FRIENDSHIP .
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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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