The Task: In Six BooksT. Bedlington, 1826 - 228 pages |
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... charge , 205 210 215 Once went I forth ; and found , till then unknown , 220 A cottage , whither oft we since repair : ' Tis perch'd upon the green hill top , but close Environ'd with a ring of branching elms , That overhang the thatch ...
... charge , 205 210 215 Once went I forth ; and found , till then unknown , 220 A cottage , whither oft we since repair : ' Tis perch'd upon the green hill top , but close Environ'd with a ring of branching elms , That overhang the thatch ...
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... charge , 296 The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ; The boorish driver leaning o'er his team Vocif'rous , and impatient of delay . Nor less attractive is the woodland scene , 300 Diversified with trees of ev'ry growth , Alike , yet ...
... charge , 296 The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ; The boorish driver leaning o'er his team Vocif'rous , and impatient of delay . Nor less attractive is the woodland scene , 300 Diversified with trees of ev'ry growth , Alike , yet ...
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... charge , Possess'd an inland scene . Where now the throng That press'd the beach , and , hasty to depart , Look'd to the sea for safety ? They are gone , Gone with the refluent wave into the deep- A prince with half his people ! Ancient ...
... charge , Possess'd an inland scene . Where now the throng That press'd the beach , and , hasty to depart , Look'd to the sea for safety ? They are gone , Gone with the refluent wave into the deep- A prince with half his people ! Ancient ...
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... charge , And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look , And tender in address , as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men . Behold the picture ! —Is it like ? —Like whom ? The things that ...
... charge , And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look , And tender in address , as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men . Behold the picture ! —Is it like ? —Like whom ? The things that ...
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... charge . He would not stoop To conquer those by jocular exploits , Whom truth and soberness assail'd in vain . 480 O Popular Applause ! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms ? The wisest and the best feel urgent ...
... charge . He would not stoop To conquer those by jocular exploits , Whom truth and soberness assail'd in vain . 480 O Popular Applause ! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms ? The wisest and the best feel urgent ...
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