Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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Page 23
... less familiar fcenes . Then fnug enclosures in the sheltered vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not fenfelefs of its charms , what ftill we love , That fuch fhort abfence may endear ...
... less familiar fcenes . Then fnug enclosures in the sheltered vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not fenfelefs of its charms , what ftill we love , That fuch fhort abfence may endear ...
Page 52
... less Than by the labour and the skill it coft ; Are occupations of the poet's mind So pleafing , and that fteal away the thought With fuch addrefs from themes of fad import , That , loft in his own mufings , happy man ! He feels the ...
... less Than by the labour and the skill it coft ; Are occupations of the poet's mind So pleafing , and that fteal away the thought With fuch addrefs from themes of fad import , That , loft in his own mufings , happy man ! He feels the ...
Page 109
... less , That felf - condemned they must neglect the prize , And what they will not taste must yet approve . What we admire we praise ; and when we praise , Advance it into notice , that its worth Acknowledged , others may admire it too ...
... less , That felf - condemned they must neglect the prize , And what they will not taste must yet approve . What we admire we praise ; and when we praise , Advance it into notice , that its worth Acknowledged , others may admire it too ...
Page 138
... fo deftitute . But they Neglected pine at home ; themselves , as more- Exposed than others , with less fcruple made His victims , robbed of their defenceless all . Cruel is all he does . " Tis quenchless thirst 138 BOOK IV .. THE TASK ..
... fo deftitute . But they Neglected pine at home ; themselves , as more- Exposed than others , with less fcruple made His victims , robbed of their defenceless all . Cruel is all he does . " Tis quenchless thirst 138 BOOK IV .. THE TASK ..
Page 184
... less than perfect must defpair ? " Falfehood ! which whofo but fufpects of truth " Difhonours God , and makes a flave of man . " Do they themselves , who undertake for hire " The teacher's office , and difpenfe at large " 184 BOOK V ...
... less than perfect must defpair ? " Falfehood ! which whofo but fufpects of truth " Difhonours God , and makes a flave of man . " Do they themselves , who undertake for hire " The teacher's office , and difpenfe at large " 184 BOOK V ...
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Page 236 - Come, then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! It was thine By ancient covenant, ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
Page 121 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 41 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.
Page 121 - Nor his, who patient stands till his feet throb, And his head thumps, to feed upon the breath Of patriots, bursting with heroic rage, Or placemen, all tranquillity and smiles.
Page 159 - 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 89 - In the pure fountain of eternal love Has eyes indeed ; and viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives Him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Page 48 - Suspend the effect, or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means since first he made the world? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation less Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his use, and ready at his will...
Page 224 - 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 330 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, .
Page 189 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor, perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own.