Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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... the carriage more secure , Nor fleep enjoyed by curate in his desk , Nor yet the dozings of the clerk , are sweet , Compared with the repose the SOFA yields . Oh may I live exempted ( while I live Guiltless BOOK I. 5 THE SOFA .
... the carriage more secure , Nor fleep enjoyed by curate in his desk , Nor yet the dozings of the clerk , are sweet , Compared with the repose the SOFA yields . Oh may I live exempted ( while I live Guiltless BOOK I. 5 THE SOFA .
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William Cowper. Oh may I live exempted ( while I live Guiltless of pampered appetite obfcene ) From pangs arthritic , that infeft the toe Of libertine excefs . The sOFA fuits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though on a ...
William Cowper. Oh may I live exempted ( while I live Guiltless of pampered appetite obfcene ) From pangs arthritic , that infeft the toe Of libertine excefs . The sOFA fuits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though on a ...
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... live - long night : nor these alone , whofe notes Nice fingered art muft emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that swim fublime In ftill repeated circles , fcreaming loud , The jay , the pie , and even the boding owl , That ...
... live - long night : nor these alone , whofe notes Nice fingered art muft emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that swim fublime In ftill repeated circles , fcreaming loud , The jay , the pie , and even the boding owl , That ...
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... lives but while fhe moves . Its own revolvency upholds the world . Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Elfe noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes , and streams , All feel the freshening impulse ...
... lives but while fhe moves . Its own revolvency upholds the world . Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Elfe noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes , and streams , All feel the freshening impulse ...
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... live . Then wherefore not renounce them ? No - the dread , The flavish dread of folitude , that breeds Reflection and remorfe , the fear of shame , And their inveterate habits , all forbid . Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long ...
... live . Then wherefore not renounce them ? No - the dread , The flavish dread of folitude , that breeds Reflection and remorfe , the fear of shame , And their inveterate habits , all forbid . Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long ...
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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.