The Task: In Six BooksT. Bedlington, 1826 - 228 pages |
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... course Delighted . There , fast rooted in their bank , Stand , never overlook'd , our fav'rite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream , That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale ...
... course Delighted . There , fast rooted in their bank , Stand , never overlook'd , our fav'rite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream , That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale ...
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... course of his affairs . This truth Philosophy , though eagle - ey'd In nature's tendencies , oft overlooks ; And , having found his instrument , forgets , Ör disregards , or , more presumptuous still , 160 165 170 175 Denies the power ...
... course of his affairs . This truth Philosophy , though eagle - ey'd In nature's tendencies , oft overlooks ; And , having found his instrument , forgets , Ör disregards , or , more presumptuous still , 160 165 170 175 Denies the power ...
Page 52
... course uncertain , seeking home ; Or , having long in miry ways been foil'd And sore discomfited , from slough to slough Plunging , and half despairing of escape ; If chance at length he find a greensward smooth And faithful to the foot ...
... course uncertain , seeking home ; Or , having long in miry ways been foil'd And sore discomfited , from slough to slough Plunging , and half despairing of escape ; If chance at length he find a greensward smooth And faithful to the foot ...
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... course , She brings her infants forth with many smiles ; But once deliver'd , kills them with a frown . He therefore , timely warn'd , himself supplies Her want of care , screening and keeping warm 430 435 440 445 The plenteous bloom ...
... course , She brings her infants forth with many smiles ; But once deliver'd , kills them with a frown . He therefore , timely warn'd , himself supplies Her want of care , screening and keeping warm 430 435 440 445 The plenteous bloom ...
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... course they take ; The modest speaker is asham'd and griev'd , T'engross a moment's notice ; and yet begs , Begs a propitious ear for his poor thoughts , However trivial , all that he conceives . 65 75 Sweet bashfulness ; it claims at ...
... course they take ; The modest speaker is asham'd and griev'd , T'engross a moment's notice ; and yet begs , Begs a propitious ear for his poor thoughts , However trivial , all that he conceives . 65 75 Sweet bashfulness ; it claims at ...
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