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Page 13
... colour from the locks they spare ; The elastic spring of an unwearied foot That mounts the stile with ease , or leaps the fence , That play of lungs inhaling and again Respiring freely the fresh air , that makes Swift pace THE TASK . 13.
... colour from the locks they spare ; The elastic spring of an unwearied foot That mounts the stile with ease , or leaps the fence , That play of lungs inhaling and again Respiring freely the fresh air , that makes Swift pace THE TASK . 13.
Page 17
... shades about us ; self - deprived Of other screen , the thin umbrella spread , And range an Indian waste without a tree . Thanks to Benevolus - he spares me yet These chestnuts ranged in corresponding lines , And , though THE TASK . 17.
... shades about us ; self - deprived Of other screen , the thin umbrella spread , And range an Indian waste without a tree . Thanks to Benevolus - he spares me yet These chestnuts ranged in corresponding lines , And , though THE TASK . 17.
Page 34
... spare The splendour of your lamps , they but eclipse Our softer satellite . Your songs confound Our more harmonious notes . The thrush departs Scared , and the offended nightingale is mute . There is a public mischief in your mirth ; It ...
... spare The splendour of your lamps , they but eclipse Our softer satellite . Your songs confound Our more harmonious notes . The thrush departs Scared , and the offended nightingale is mute . There is a public mischief in your mirth ; It ...
Page 39
... guiltier England , lest He spare not thee ! Happy the man who sees a God employed In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will And arbitration wise THE TASK . 39.
... guiltier England , lest He spare not thee ! Happy the man who sees a God employed In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will And arbitration wise THE TASK . 39.
Page 50
... spare your idol ! think him human still ; Charms he may have , but he has frailties too ; Dote not too much , nor spoil what ye admire . All truth is from the sempiternal source Of light divine . But Egypt , Greece , and Rome Drew from ...
... spare your idol ! think him human still ; Charms he may have , but he has frailties too ; Dote not too much , nor spoil what ye admire . All truth is from the sempiternal source Of light divine . But Egypt , Greece , and Rome Drew from ...
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