Poems, Nide 1J. Johnson, 1782 - 359 sivua |
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Sivu 39
... use and just design , To make the pitiful poffeffor fhine , To purchase at the fool - frequented fair Of vanity , a wreath for felf to wear , Is profanation of the bafest kind , Proof of a trifling and a worthless mind . A. Hail ...
... use and just design , To make the pitiful poffeffor fhine , To purchase at the fool - frequented fair Of vanity , a wreath for felf to wear , Is profanation of the bafest kind , Proof of a trifling and a worthless mind . A. Hail ...
Sivu 55
... use , Ambition , av'rice , and the luft of fame , And woman , lovely woman , does the fame . The heart , furrender'd to the ruling pow'r Of fome ungovern'd paffion ev'ry hour , e Finds by degrees , the truths that once bore sway , And ...
... use , Ambition , av'rice , and the luft of fame , And woman , lovely woman , does the fame . The heart , furrender'd to the ruling pow'r Of fome ungovern'd paffion ev'ry hour , e Finds by degrees , the truths that once bore sway , And ...
Sivu 106
... use , As filly pride and idleness produce , Curl'd , fcented , furbelow'd and flounc'd around , With feet too delicate to touch the ground , They ftretch'd the neck , and roll'd the wanton eye , And figh'd for ev'ry fool that flutter'd ...
... use , As filly pride and idleness produce , Curl'd , fcented , furbelow'd and flounc'd around , With feet too delicate to touch the ground , They ftretch'd the neck , and roll'd the wanton eye , And figh'd for ev'ry fool that flutter'd ...
Sivu 137
... use Of what he gives , unsparing and profuse , Secure the favour and enhance the joy , That thankless waste and wild abuse destroy . But above all reflect , how cheap foe'er Those rights that millions envy thee , appear , And though ...
... use Of what he gives , unsparing and profuse , Secure the favour and enhance the joy , That thankless waste and wild abuse destroy . But above all reflect , how cheap foe'er Those rights that millions envy thee , appear , And though ...
Sivu 145
... use , Save for the fruits his heav'nly beams produce , Quite to forget , or deem it worth no thought , Who bids him fhine , or if he shine or not , Through mere neceflity to close his eyes Juft when the larks and when the fhepherds rife ...
... use , Save for the fruits his heav'nly beams produce , Quite to forget , or deem it worth no thought , Who bids him fhine , or if he shine or not , Through mere neceflity to close his eyes Juft when the larks and when the fhepherds rife ...
Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
againſt beſt bids bleffings bleft blifs boaſt breaſt caufe cauſe charms Chriftian clofe cloſe courſe defign defire divine e'er earth eaſe ev'ry eyes facred fafe fame fcene fcorn fear feek feem feen fenfe fhall fhine fhould fhow fide filent fire firſt fkies flow'rs fmile fome fong foon forrow foul ftand ftill ftrike fuch fupplies fure fweet glory grace heart heav'n heav'nly himſelf itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs loft luft mind moft moſt mufe muft muſt never o'er paffion peace pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pray'r pride purpoſe purſue reft reſt ſcene ſeem ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhine ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtore ſtrain ſtream ſweet taſte thee thefe theme theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand truth uſe VINCENT BOURNE virtue waft waſte whofe Whoſe wiſdom Worfe
Suositut otteet
Sivu 333 - He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state.
Sivu 307 - 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 ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Sivu 339 - LITTLE inmate, full of mirth Chirping on my kitchen hearth. Wheresoe'er be thine abode, Always harbinger of good, Pay me for thy warm retreat With a song more soft and sweet ; In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give.
Sivu 71 - Hear the just law — the judgment of the skies! He that hates truth shall be the dupe of lies ; And he that -will be cheated to the last, Delusions strong as hell shall bind him fast.
Sivu 89 - Just knows, and knows no more, her bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies.
Sivu 308 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Sivu 102 - Since the dear hour, that brought me to thy foot, And cut up all my follies by the root, I never trusted in an arm but thine, Nor hoped but in thy righteousness divine...
Sivu 170 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere : Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Sivu 317 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Sivu 89 - Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store: Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light...