Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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... Their length and colour from the locks they spare ; The elastic spring of an unwearied foot , That mounts the ftile with ease , or leaps the fence , That play of lungs , inhaling and again Refpiring freely the fresh air , that makes ...
... Their length and colour from the locks they spare ; The elastic spring of an unwearied foot , That mounts the ftile with ease , or leaps the fence , That play of lungs , inhaling and again Refpiring freely the fresh air , that makes ...
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... their leaves faft fluttering , all at once . Nor less compofure waits upon the roar Of diftant floods , or on the fofter voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that flip Through the cleft rock , and , chiming as they fall Upon ...
... their leaves faft fluttering , all at once . Nor less compofure waits upon the roar Of diftant floods , or on the fofter voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that flip Through the cleft rock , and , chiming as they fall Upon ...
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... their owner with that love of reft , To which he forfeits even the reft he loves . Not fuch the alert and active . Measure life By its true worth , the comforts it affords , And their's alone feems worthy of the name . Good health , and ...
... their owner with that love of reft , To which he forfeits even the reft he loves . Not fuch the alert and active . Measure life By its true worth , the comforts it affords , And their's alone feems worthy of the name . Good health , and ...
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William Cowper. The powers of fancy and ftrong thought are their's ; Even age itself feems privileged in them , With ... their proud faloons , Renounce the odours of the open field For the unfcented fictions of the loom ; Who , fatisfied ...
William Cowper. The powers of fancy and ftrong thought are their's ; Even age itself feems privileged in them , With ... their proud faloons , Renounce the odours of the open field For the unfcented fictions of the loom ; Who , fatisfied ...
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... their's , whofe haggard eyes Flash defperation , and betray their pangs For property ftripped off by cruel chance ; From gaiety , that fills the bones with pain , The mouth with blafphemy , the heart with woe . The earth was made so ...
... their's , whofe haggard eyes Flash defperation , and betray their pangs For property ftripped off by cruel chance ; From gaiety , that fills the bones with pain , The mouth with blafphemy , the heart with woe . The earth was made so ...
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