The Task: In Six BooksT. Bedlington, 1826 - 228 pages |
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... are bound , 385 Binds man , the Lord of all . Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When Custom bids , 2 THE SOFA . 17.
... are bound , 385 Binds man , the Lord of all . Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When Custom bids , 2 THE SOFA . 17.
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... cause For such immeasurable wo appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair 460 Sweet smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys , That palls ...
... cause For such immeasurable wo appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair 460 Sweet smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys , That palls ...
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... cause , 630 Thee , gentle savage ! * whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw 635 Forth from thy native bow'rs , to show thee here With what superiour skill we can abuse The gifts ...
... cause , 630 Thee , gentle savage ! * whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw 635 Forth from thy native bow'rs , to show thee here With what superiour skill we can abuse The gifts ...
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... causes reproved - Our own late miscarriages accounted for- Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau - But the ... cause , to the want of discipline in the univer- sities . O FOR a lodge in some vast wilderness , Some boundless ...
... causes reproved - Our own late miscarriages accounted for- Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau - But the ... cause , to the want of discipline in the univer- sities . O FOR a lodge in some vast wilderness , Some boundless ...
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... cause Dooms and devotes him as a lawful prey . Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other . Mountains interpos'd Make enemies of nations , who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one . Thus man devotes his brother ...
... cause Dooms and devotes him as a lawful prey . Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other . Mountains interpos'd Make enemies of nations , who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one . Thus man devotes his brother ...
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Æsop beauty beneath boast breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd dicebox distant divine domestick dread dream e'en earth ease ev'ning ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel flow'r folly form'd fruit give glory grace grave Guelder Rose hand happy hast heard heart Heav'n honour human John Throckmorton JOSEPH HILL king labour learn'd less liberty liv'd live lost lov'd lyre magick man-The mind mounted best musick Nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasures plebeian pow'r praise proud prove publick rest sacred scene schools seek seem'd shine skies sleep smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd sweet sweet oblivion task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas vex'd virtue voice wand'ring waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wisely store worth youth