Poems, Band 1J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... rest . B. Quevedo , as he tells his sober tale , Asked , when in hell , to see the royal jail ; Approved their method in all other things ; But where , good sir , do you confine your kings ? There said his guide - the group is full in ...
... rest . B. Quevedo , as he tells his sober tale , Asked , when in hell , to see the royal jail ; Approved their method in all other things ; But where , good sir , do you confine your kings ? There said his guide - the group is full in ...
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... rest . Pastime and business both it should exclude , And bar the door the moment they intrude ; Nobly distinguished above all the six By deeds , in which the world must never mix . Hear him again . He calls it a delight , A day of ...
... rest . Pastime and business both it should exclude , And bar the door the moment they intrude ; Nobly distinguished above all the six By deeds , in which the world must never mix . Hear him again . He calls it a delight , A day of ...
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... truth , denies him And rest , proves a raging scorpion in his breast . No pleasure ? Are domestic comforts dead ? Are all the nameless sweets of friendship fled ? Has time worn out , or fashion put to shame THE PROGRESS OF ERROR . 53.
... truth , denies him And rest , proves a raging scorpion in his breast . No pleasure ? Are domestic comforts dead ? Are all the nameless sweets of friendship fled ? Has time worn out , or fashion put to shame THE PROGRESS OF ERROR . 53.
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... rest , Till half mankind were like himself possessed . Philosophers , who darken and put out Eternal truth , by everlasting doubt ; Church quacks , with passions under no command , Who fill the world with doctrines contraband ...
... rest , Till half mankind were like himself possessed . Philosophers , who darken and put out Eternal truth , by everlasting doubt ; Church quacks , with passions under no command , Who fill the world with doctrines contraband ...
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... rest too busy or too gay to wait On the sad theme , their everlasting state , Sport for a day and perish in a night , The foam upon the waters not so light . Who judged the Pharisee ? What odious cause Exposed him to the vengeance of ...
... rest too busy or too gay to wait On the sad theme , their everlasting state , Sport for a day and perish in a night , The foam upon the waters not so light . Who judged the Pharisee ? What odious cause Exposed him to the vengeance of ...
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beams beneath bids blessings blest boast breast breath charms courser dark dear deeds deist delight divine docet dream earth Edmonton eyes fair fancy fear feel fire folly fools frown Gilpin give glory God's grace hallowed ground hand happy hast hear heart heaven heavenly honour hope hour JOHN GILPIN joys land learned LENOX LIBRARY light lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never night nymph once pain peace Pharisee pine-apples pity plain pleasure poet poet's poor praise pride prize proud prove Raimbach Rome rude sacred scene scorn scripture shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon sorrow soul sound stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee their's theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE VIRG virtue waste wild wisdom woes YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY zeal
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Seite 423 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay; And there he threw the Wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. "Stop, stop, John Gilpin!— Here's the house !" They all at once did cry; "The dinner waits, and we are tired;"— Said Gilpin, "So am I!
Seite 417 - 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. 'Twas long before the customers Were suited to their mind, When Betty screaming came down stairs, 'The wine is left behind!' ' Good lack,' quoth he — ' yet bring it me, My leathern belt likewise, In which I bear my trusty sword, When I do exercise.
Seite 419 - So, Fair and softly ! John he cried ; But John he cried in vain, That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein.
Seite 298 - Tis easy to resign a toilsome place, But not to manage leisure with a grace; Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant, is a mind distress'd.
Seite 322 - Ye winds ! that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? Oh, tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Seite 431 - The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown : No traveller ever reached that blest abode, Who found not thorns and briars in his road.
Seite 304 - a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper solitude is sweet.
Seite 375 - All sustain'd by patience, taught us Only by a broken heart! / Deem our nation brutes no longer, Till some reason ye shall find Worthier of regard, and stronger Than the colour of our kind. Slaves of gold, whose sordid dealings Tarnish all your boasted powers, Prove that you have human feelings, Ere you proudly question ours ! PITY FOR POOR AFRICANS.
Seite 320 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Seite 414 - John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.