Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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... voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock , and , chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length In matted grass , that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent ...
... voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock , and , chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length In matted grass , that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent ...
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... VOICE is wanted . He must speak , Whose word leaps forth at once to its effect ; Who calls for things that are not , and they come . Grace makes the slave a freeman . ' Tis a change , That turns to ridicule the turgid speech And stately ...
... VOICE is wanted . He must speak , Whose word leaps forth at once to its effect ; Who calls for things that are not , and they come . Grace makes the slave a freeman . ' Tis a change , That turns to ridicule the turgid speech And stately ...
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... his loudest lay , Hardly knows that he has sung . Where the watchman in his round Nightly lifts his voice on high , None , accustomed to the sound , Wakes the sooner for his cry . So your verse - man I , and clerk , ( 402 )
... his loudest lay , Hardly knows that he has sung . Where the watchman in his round Nightly lifts his voice on high , None , accustomed to the sound , Wakes the sooner for his cry . So your verse - man I , and clerk , ( 402 )
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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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