Discriminated each from each, by strokes And all can taste them: minds that have been form'd But none without some relish, none unmov'd. Where nothing feeds it; neither business, crowds, Whatever else they smother of true worth A garden, in which nothing thrives, has charms, Of orange, myrtle, or the fragrant weed, Mignonnette. And they, that never pass their brick-wall bounds, He gives a tongue t' enlarge upon, a heart To me, an unambitious mind, content A wish for ease and leisure, and ere long THE TASK. BOOK V. THE WINTER MORNING WALK. ARGUMENT OF THE FIFTH BOOK. A frosty morning.--The foddering of cattle.---The woodman and his dog. ---The poultry.---Whimsical effects of frost at a waterfall.---The Empress of Russia's palace of ice.---Amusements of monarchs.---War, one of them.--Wars, whence.---And whence monarchy.---The evils of it.--English and French loyalty contrasted.---The Bastile, and a prisoner there.---Liberty the chief recommendation of this country.---Modern patriotism questionable, and why.---The perishable nature of the best human institutions.--Spiritual liberty not perishable.---The slavish state of man by nature.--Deliver him, Deist, if you can.--Grace must do it. The respective merits of patriots and martyrs stated.--Their different treatment.--Happy freedom of the man whom grace makes free. His relish of the works of God.---Address to the Creator. "Tis morning; and the sun, with ruddy orb Seen through the leafless wood. His slanting ray |