Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church Yard, 1786 |
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... bids man mark the fleeting hour , And death's own scythe would better speak his pow'r , Then grace the boney phantom in their stead With the king's fhoulder knot and gay cockade , Cloath the twin brethren in each other's drefs , The ...
... bids man mark the fleeting hour , And death's own scythe would better speak his pow'r , Then grace the boney phantom in their stead With the king's fhoulder knot and gay cockade , Cloath the twin brethren in each other's drefs , The ...
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... bids him draw , To sheath it in the peace - reftoring close , With joy , beyond what victory bestows , Bleft country ! where these kingly glories fhine , Bleft England ! if this happiness be thine . A. Guard what you say , the patriotic ...
... bids him draw , To sheath it in the peace - reftoring close , With joy , beyond what victory bestows , Bleft country ! where these kingly glories fhine , Bleft England ! if this happiness be thine . A. Guard what you say , the patriotic ...
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... Bids equity throughout his works prevail , And weighs the nations in an even scale ; He can encourage flav'ry to a smile , And fill with difcontent a British ifle . A. Freeman and slave then , if the cafe be fuch , Stand on a level ...
... Bids equity throughout his works prevail , And weighs the nations in an even scale ; He can encourage flav'ry to a smile , And fill with difcontent a British ifle . A. Freeman and slave then , if the cafe be fuch , Stand on a level ...
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... bidding of his hand . He gives the word , and mutiny foon roars In all her gates , and shakes her diftant fhores , The standards of all nations are unfurl'd , She has one foe , and that one foe , the world . And if he doom that people ...
... bidding of his hand . He gives the word , and mutiny foon roars In all her gates , and shakes her diftant fhores , The standards of all nations are unfurl'd , She has one foe , and that one foe , the world . And if he doom that people ...
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... bids the drunkard die , Is far too just to pass the trifler by . Both baby featur'd and of infant fize , View'd from a distance , and with heedless eyes , Folly and innocence are fo alike , The diff'rence , though effential , fails to ...
... bids the drunkard die , Is far too just to pass the trifler by . Both baby featur'd and of infant fize , View'd from a distance , and with heedless eyes , Folly and innocence are fo alike , The diff'rence , though effential , fails to ...
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Popular passages
Page 42 - 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.
Page 215 - 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.
Page 135 - 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 341 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more.
Page 43 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Page 347 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case.
Page 342 - 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...
Page 338 - For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more.
Page 265 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain for us ! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy, Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Page 202 - When one, that holds communion with the skies, Has filled his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with us meaner things, 'Tis e'en as if an angel shook his wings ; Immortal fragrance fills the circuit wide, That tells us whence his treasures are supplied.