Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1800 - 420 pages |
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... song . Time was , when clothing sumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our sires had none . As yet black breeches were not ; satin smooth , Or velvet soft , or plush with shaggy pile : * See Poems , Vol . I. The hardy ...
... song . Time was , when clothing sumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our sires had none . As yet black breeches were not ; satin smooth , Or velvet soft , or plush with shaggy pile : * See Poems , Vol . I. The hardy ...
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... ebb ; the heart Recoils from - its own choice - at the full feast Is famish'd - finds no music in the song , No smartness in the jest ; and wonders why . Yet thousands still desire to journey on , Though halt BOOK I. 25 THE SOFA .
... ebb ; the heart Recoils from - its own choice - at the full feast Is famish'd - finds no music in the song , No smartness in the jest ; and wonders why . Yet thousands still desire to journey on , Though halt BOOK I. 25 THE SOFA .
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... song , Himself a songster , is as gay as he . But save me from the gaiety of those Whose head - aches nail them to a noon - day bed ; And save me too from their's whose haggard eyes Flash desperation , and betray their pangs For ...
... song , Himself a songster , is as gay as he . But save me from the gaiety of those Whose head - aches nail them to a noon - day bed ; And save me too from their's whose haggard eyes Flash desperation , and betray their pangs For ...
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... songs confound Our more harmonious notes : the thrush departs Scar'd , and th ' offended nightingale is mute . There is a public mischief in your mirth ; It plagues your country . Folly such as your's , Grac'd with a sword , and ...
... songs confound Our more harmonious notes : the thrush departs Scar'd , and th ' offended nightingale is mute . There is a public mischief in your mirth ; It plagues your country . Folly such as your's , Grac'd with a sword , and ...
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... song . Fastidious , or else listless , or perhaps Aware of nothing arduous in a task They never undertook , they little note His dangers or escapes , and haply find There least amusement where he found the most . But is amusement all ...
... song . Fastidious , or else listless , or perhaps Aware of nothing arduous in a task They never undertook , they little note His dangers or escapes , and haply find There least amusement where he found the most . But is amusement all ...
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beauty beneath betimes boast bramble breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine dream earth ease Edmonton ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fast fear feed feel FLEET STREET flow'rs folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits Gilpin give glory grace grave groves hand happy hast heard heart heav'n honour human JOHN GILPIN labour learn'd less liberty live lost lov'd lyre Mighty winds mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasure plebeian pow'r praise proud rapture riddance rude rural sacred scene seek seem'd shine shrubs sight skies slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound Stamp'd sweet task taste thee their's theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas virtue voice wind winter wisdom wish'd worth your's youth
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Page 276 - 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 393 - Ware ! So, turning to his horse, he said — I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear...
Page 68 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, ** Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, ** And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, ** And tender in...
Page 277 - The looms of Ormus, and the mines of Ind, And Saba's spicy groves, pay tribute there. Praise is in all her gates : upon her walls, And in her streets, and in her spacious courts, Is heard salvation. Eastern Java there Kneels with the native of the farthest west, And .(Ethiopia spreads abroad the hand And worships. Her report has travell'd forth Into all lands.
Page 388 - As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he ? His fame soon spread around, He carries weight ! he rides a race ! 'Tis for a thousand pound...
Page 141 - And having dropped the expected bag — pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy.
Page 381 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear — Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. I To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Page 47 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
Page 48 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Page 248 - The forms with which he sprinkles all the earth. Happy who walks with him ! whom what he finds Of flavour or of scent in fruit or flower, Or what he views of beautiful or grand In nature, from the broad majestic oak To the green blade that twinkles in the sun, Prompts with remembrance of a present God.