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No , no , fair nymph — for no such end Did Heav ' n to thee its bounty lend ; That
breast was ne ' er design ' d by fate For verse , or things inanimate ; Then throw
them from that downy bed , And take the poet in their stead . Where , Philomel ...
No , no , fair nymph — for no such end Did Heav ' n to thee its bounty lend ; That
breast was ne ' er design ' d by fate For verse , or things inanimate ; Then throw
them from that downy bed , And take the poet in their stead . Where , Philomel ...
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Has plac ' d thee in this servile cell , See - hear the storms tempestuous sweep
Where discipline and dulness dwell , Precipitate it falls - - it falls - falls lifeless in
the Where genius ne ' er was seen to roam ; deep . Where ev ' ry selfish soul ' s at
...
Has plac ' d thee in this servile cell , See - hear the storms tempestuous sweep
Where discipline and dulness dwell , Precipitate it falls - - it falls - falls lifeless in
the Where genius ne ' er was seen to roam ; deep . Where ev ' ry selfish soul ' s at
...
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Come , goddess , come with all thy charms , Next comes illiberal scrambling
Avarice , For Oh ! I love thee , to my arms Then Vanity , and Affectation niceAll , all
my actions guide , my fancy feed , See , she salutes her shadow with a bow So ...
Come , goddess , come with all thy charms , Next comes illiberal scrambling
Avarice , For Oh ! I love thee , to my arms Then Vanity , and Affectation niceAll , all
my actions guide , my fancy feed , See , she salutes her shadow with a bow So ...
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That he shall love thee most to whom thou ' st | May then the youthful , uninspired
bard most forgiven . 6 » Presume to hymn th ' Eternal ; may be soar Where
seraph , and where cherubin on high Resuund th ' unceasing plaudits , and with
them ...
That he shall love thee most to whom thou ' st | May then the youthful , uninspired
bard most forgiven . 6 » Presume to hymn th ' Eternal ; may be soar Where
seraph , and where cherubin on high Resuund th ' unceasing plaudits , and with
them ...
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Is his unbounded goodness - Thee her Maker , Or where in Heav ' n above the
Heav ' n of Heav ' ns Thee her Preserver chants she in her song ; Burn brighter
suns , and goodlier planets roll While the all emulative vocal tribe With satellites ...
Is his unbounded goodness - Thee her Maker , Or where in Heav ' n above the
Heav ' n of Heav ' ns Thee her Preserver chants she in her song ; Burn brighter
suns , and goodlier planets roll While the all emulative vocal tribe With satellites ...
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Page 78 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Page 493 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Page 95 - A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain. And drinking largely sobers us again.
Page 492 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly!
Page 492 - All but yon widowed, solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the plashy spring ; She, wretched matron — forced in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread...
Page 492 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Page 500 - Turn, Angelina, ever dear, My charmer, turn to see, Thy own, thy long-lost Edwin here, Restor'd to love and thee. "Thus let me hold thee to my heart, And ev'ry care resign: And shall we never, never part, My life, — my all that's mine. "No, never, from this hour to part, We'll live and love so true; The sigh that rends thy constant heart, Shall break thy Edwin's too.
Page 493 - Has robb'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant spurns the cottage from the green; Around the world each needful product flies, For all the luxuries the world supplies; While thus the land, adorn'd for pleasure all, In barren splendour feebly waits the fall.
Page 493 - Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 493 - The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
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| Title | Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith, Armstrong, Johnson 16. köide of The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Alexander Chalmers 16. köide of Works of the English poets from Chaucer to Cowper : in twenty-one volumes / S. Johnson; Alexander Chalmers |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Alexander Chalmers |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1810 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 jaan. 2008 |
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