Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1802 |
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Page 103
... , " BATTERED AND BANKRUPT FORTUNES MENDED HERE . " These are the charms , The charms of nature . that fully and eclipse ' Tis the cruel gripe , That lean hard - handed poverty inflicts , The hope F 4 BOOK III . 103 THE GARDEN .
... , " BATTERED AND BANKRUPT FORTUNES MENDED HERE . " These are the charms , The charms of nature . that fully and eclipse ' Tis the cruel gripe , That lean hard - handed poverty inflicts , The hope F 4 BOOK III . 103 THE GARDEN .
Page 104
... hope , and can despond , Feel wrath and pity , when I think on thee ! Ten righteous would have faved a city once , And thou haft many righteous . - Well for thee- That falt preferves thee ; more corrupted elfe , And therefore more ...
... hope , and can despond , Feel wrath and pity , when I think on thee ! Ten righteous would have faved a city once , And thou haft many righteous . - Well for thee- That falt preferves thee ; more corrupted elfe , And therefore more ...
Page 135
... hope of being free . My very dreams were rural ; rural too The firft - born efforts of my youthful mufe , Sportive and jingling her poetic bells , Ere yet her ear was miftrefs of their powers . No bard could please me but whofe lyre was ...
... hope of being free . My very dreams were rural ; rural too The firft - born efforts of my youthful mufe , Sportive and jingling her poetic bells , Ere yet her ear was miftrefs of their powers . No bard could please me but whofe lyre was ...
Page 158
... hope itself poffefs All that the conteft calls for ; fpirit , ftrength , The fcorn of danger , and united hearts ; The fureft prefage of the good they seek * , Then shame to manhood , and opprobrious more . To France than all her loffes ...
... hope itself poffefs All that the conteft calls for ; fpirit , ftrength , The fcorn of danger , and united hearts ; The fureft prefage of the good they seek * , Then shame to manhood , and opprobrious more . To France than all her loffes ...
Page 160
... hope By dint of change to give his taftelefs task Some relish ; till the fum , exactly found In all directions , he begins again— Oh comfortless exiftence ! hemmed around With woes , which who that fuffers would not kneel And beg for ...
... hope By dint of change to give his taftelefs task Some relish ; till the fum , exactly found In all directions , he begins again— Oh comfortless exiftence ! hemmed around With woes , which who that fuffers would not kneel And beg for ...
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Page 37 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Page 294 - Faithful remembrancer of one so dear, 0 welcome guest, though unexpected here ! Who bidd'st me honour with an artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.
Page 36 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 145 - The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.
Page 214 - To stroke his azure neck, or to receive The lambent homage of his arrowy tongue. All creatures worship man, and all mankind One Lord, one Father.
Page 31 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...
Page 206 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Page 52 - And just proportion, fashionable mien And pretty face, in presence of his God ? Or will he seek to dazzle me with tropes, As with the diamond on his lily hand, And play his brilliant parts before my eyes, When I am hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames His noble office, and, instead of truth, Displaying his own beauty, starves his flock. Therefore avaunt all attitude, and stare, And start theatric, practised at the glass. I seek divine simplicity in him Who handles...
Page 206 - Sacred to neatness and repose, the alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when, held within their proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air...
Page 193 - The forms with which he sprinkles all the earth. Happy who walks with him ! whom what he finds Of flavour or of scent in fruit or flower, Or what he views of beautiful or grand In nature, from the broad majestic oak To the green blade that twinkles in the sun, Prompts with remembrance of a present God.