Poems, Volumen2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... She dreads An inftant's pause , and lives but while she 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 fireams ...
... She dreads An inftant's pause , and lives but while she 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 fireams ...
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... she spreads the feast ; ' Tis free to all - ' tis ev'ry day renew'd ; Who fcorns it ftarves defervedly at home . He does not fcorn it , who , imprifon'd long In fome unwholesome dungeon , and a prey To fallow fickness , which the ...
... she spreads the feast ; ' Tis free to all - ' tis ev'ry day renew'd ; Who fcorns it ftarves defervedly at home . He does not fcorn it , who , imprifon'd long In fome unwholesome dungeon , and a prey To fallow fickness , which the ...
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... She heard the doleful tidings of his death- And never smil'd again ! and now the roams The dreary wafte ; there fpends the livelong day , And there , unless when charity forbids , The livelong night . A tatter'd apron hides , Worn as a ...
... She heard the doleful tidings of his death- And never smil'd again ! and now the roams The dreary wafte ; there fpends the livelong day , And there , unless when charity forbids , The livelong night . A tatter'd apron hides , Worn as a ...
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... she springs ( If e'er the springs fpontaneous ) in remote And barb'rous climes , where violence prevails , And ftrength is lord of all ; but gentle , kind , By culture tam'd , by liberty refresh'd , And all her fruits by radiant truth ...
... she springs ( If e'er the springs fpontaneous ) in remote And barb'rous climes , where violence prevails , And ftrength is lord of all ; but gentle , kind , By culture tam'd , by liberty refresh'd , And all her fruits by radiant truth ...
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... she paints thee thus . She tells me , too , that duly ev'ry morn Thou climb'ft the mountain top , with eager eye Exploring far and wide the wat'ry wafte For fight of fhip from England . Ev'ry fpeck Seen in the dim horizon turns thee ...
... she paints thee thus . She tells me , too , that duly ev'ry morn Thou climb'ft the mountain top , with eager eye Exploring far and wide the wat'ry wafte For fight of fhip from England . Ev'ry fpeck Seen in the dim horizon turns thee ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 327 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Página 40 - 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.
Página 119 - tis the twanging horn ! O'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright...
Página 335 - Said Gilpin — So am I ! But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Página 40 - As human Nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast.
Página 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.
Página 34 - 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 threaten'd in the fields and groves?
Página 56 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design.
Página 189 - Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love That plann'd, and built, and still upholds a world So...
Página 333 - The bottles twain, behind his back, were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke as they had basted been. But still he...