Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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Page 11
... itself unfeen Peeps at the vale below ; fo thick befet With foliage of fuch dark redundant growth I called the low - roofed lodge the peasant's nest . And , hidden as it is , and far remote From fuch unpleafing sounds , as haunt the ear ...
... itself unfeen Peeps at the vale below ; fo thick befet With foliage of fuch dark redundant growth I called the low - roofed lodge the peasant's nest . And , hidden as it is , and far remote From fuch unpleafing sounds , as haunt the ear ...
Page 19
William Cowper. The powers of fancy and ftrong thought are their's ; Even age itself feems privileged in them , With clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The veteran shows , and , gracing a gray ...
William Cowper. The powers of fancy and ftrong thought are their's ; Even age itself feems privileged in them , With clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The veteran shows , and , gracing a gray ...
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... itself with ornaments of gold , Yields no unpleafing ramble ; there the turf Smells fresh , and rich in odoriferous herbs And fungous fruits of earth , regales the fenfe With luxury of unexpected fweets . There often wanders one , whom ...
... itself with ornaments of gold , Yields no unpleafing ramble ; there the turf Smells fresh , and rich in odoriferous herbs And fungous fruits of earth , regales the fenfe With luxury of unexpected fweets . There often wanders one , whom ...
Page 38
... extravagance . - The mischiefs of profufion.- Profufion itself , with all its confequent evils , af- cribed , as to its principal cause , to the want of dif cipline in the univerfities . ― THE TASK . BOOK II . THE TIME - PIECE.
... extravagance . - The mischiefs of profufion.- Profufion itself , with all its confequent evils , af- cribed , as to its principal cause , to the want of dif cipline in the univerfities . ― THE TASK . BOOK II . THE TIME - PIECE.
Page 69
... itself a cause . In colleges and halls in ancient days , When learning , virtue , piety , and truth , Were precious , and inculcated with care , There dwelt a fage called Difcipline . His head , Not yet by time completely filvered o'er ...
... itself a cause . In colleges and halls in ancient days , When learning , virtue , piety , and truth , Were precious , and inculcated with care , There dwelt a fage called Difcipline . His head , Not yet by time completely filvered o'er ...
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