Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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... Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk ; The tedious rector drawling over his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the sick man dead , Nor his , who quits the box at midnight hour To slumber ...
... Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk ; The tedious rector drawling over his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the sick man dead , Nor his , who quits the box at midnight hour To slumber ...
Page 85
... such . I had a brother once- Peace to the memory of a man of worth , A man of letters , and of manners too ! Of manners sweet as virtue always wears , When gay good - nature dresses her in smiles . BOOK II . 85 THE TIME - PIECE .
... such . I had a brother once- Peace to the memory of a man of worth , A man of letters , and of manners too ! Of manners sweet as virtue always wears , When gay good - nature dresses her in smiles . BOOK II . 85 THE TIME - PIECE .
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... Sweet fiction and sweet truth alike prevail ; Whose humorous vein , strong sense , and simple style , May teach the gayest , make the gravest smile ; Witty , and well employed , and like thy Lord , Speaking in parables his slighted word ...
... Sweet fiction and sweet truth alike prevail ; Whose humorous vein , strong sense , and simple style , May teach the gayest , make the gravest smile ; Witty , and well employed , and like thy Lord , Speaking in parables his slighted word ...
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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