Poems, Volume 2R. Johnson, 1803 |
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Page 40
... causes , how they work By necessary laws their sure effects ; Of action and re - action . He has found The source of the disease that nature feels , And bids the world take heart and banish fear . Thou fool ! will thy discovery of the cause ...
... causes , how they work By necessary laws their sure effects ; Of action and re - action . He has found The source of the disease that nature feels , And bids the world take heart and banish fear . Thou fool ! will thy discovery of the cause ...
Page 59
... cause Of such deep mischief has itself a cause . In colleges and halls , in ancient days , When learning , virtue , piety , and truth , Were precious , and inculcated with care , There dwelt a sage call'd Discipline . His head , Not yet ...
... cause Of such deep mischief has itself a cause . In colleges and halls , in ancient days , When learning , virtue , piety , and truth , Were precious , and inculcated with care , There dwelt a sage call'd Discipline . His head , Not yet ...
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... cause enough : For when was public virtue to be found Where private was not ? Can he love the whole Who loves no part ? He be a nation's friend Who is , in truth , the friend of no man there ? Can he be strenuous in his country's cause ...
... cause enough : For when was public virtue to be found Where private was not ? Can he love the whole Who loves no part ? He be a nation's friend Who is , in truth , the friend of no man there ? Can he be strenuous in his country's cause ...
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THE TASK in Six Books | 1 |
The Winter Walk at Noon | 169 |
An Epistle to Joseph Hill | 207 |
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