The Works of the English Poets, 1–2. köideSamuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) H. Baldwin, 1779 - 315 pages |
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... length have hous'd me in an humble shed ; Where , future wandering banish'd from my thought , And waiting , patient , the sweet hour of rest , VOL . III . B 5 10 I chace I chace the moments with a serious song . Song [ 1 ]
... length have hous'd me in an humble shed ; Where , future wandering banish'd from my thought , And waiting , patient , the sweet hour of rest , VOL . III . B 5 10 I chace I chace the moments with a serious song . Song [ 1 ]
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... thought ; Life's gayeft fcenes fpeak man's mortality ; Though in a ftyle more florid , full as plain , As mausoleums , pyramids , and tombs . What are our noblest ornaments , but deaths Turn'd flatterers of life , in paint , or marble ...
... thought ; Life's gayeft fcenes fpeak man's mortality ; Though in a ftyle more florid , full as plain , As mausoleums , pyramids , and tombs . What are our noblest ornaments , but deaths Turn'd flatterers of life , in paint , or marble ...
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... And the freed spirit mounts on wings of fire ; Each element partakes our scatter'd spoils ; As nature , wide , our ruins spread : ' man's death 75 80 85 90 95 100 Inhabits Inhabits all things , but the thought of man . YOUNG'S POEM S.
... And the freed spirit mounts on wings of fire ; Each element partakes our scatter'd spoils ; As nature , wide , our ruins spread : ' man's death 75 80 85 90 95 100 Inhabits Inhabits all things , but the thought of man . YOUNG'S POEM S.
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... thought , That loves to wander in thy funless realms , O death ! I ftretch my view : what vifions rife ! What triumphs ! toils imperial ! arts divine ! In wither'd laurels glide before my fight ! What lengths of far - fam'd ages ...
... thought , That loves to wander in thy funless realms , O death ! I ftretch my view : what vifions rife ! What triumphs ! toils imperial ! arts divine ! In wither'd laurels glide before my fight ! What lengths of far - fam'd ages ...
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... thought by man ! far other ftars ! Stars animate , that govern these of fire ; Far other fun ! -A fun , O how unlike The Babe at Bethlem ! how unlike the Man , 165 170 That groan'd on Calvary ! -Yet He it is ; 175 180 That Man of ...
... thought by man ! far other ftars ! Stars animate , that govern these of fire ; Far other fun ! -A fun , O how unlike The Babe at Bethlem ! how unlike the Man , 165 170 That groan'd on Calvary ! -Yet He it is ; 175 180 That Man of ...
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