The Task: In Six BooksT. Bedlington, 1826 - 228 pages |
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... , not unlike the great ones of mankind , Disfigures Earth : and , plotting in the dark , 275 * John Courtney Throckmorton , Esq . of Weston Under- wood . Toils much to earn a monumental pile That may record 14 THE TASK .
... , not unlike the great ones of mankind , Disfigures Earth : and , plotting in the dark , 275 * John Courtney Throckmorton , Esq . of Weston Under- wood . Toils much to earn a monumental pile That may record 14 THE TASK .
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... earth seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick , 340 345 And dark'ning , and enlight'ning , as the leaves Play ...
... earth seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick , 340 345 And dark'ning , and enlight'ning , as the leaves Play ...
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... earth was made so various , that the mind Of desultory man , studious of change , And pleas'd with novelty , might be indulg'd . Prospects , however lovely , may be seen Till half their beauties fade : the weary sight Too well ...
... earth was made so various , that the mind Of desultory man , studious of change , And pleas'd with novelty , might be indulg'd . Prospects , however lovely , may be seen Till half their beauties fade : the weary sight Too well ...
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... Earth again By other hopes and richer fruits than yours . But though true worth and virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life 655 660 665 670 675 Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , 680 Yet not in cities oft ...
... Earth again By other hopes and richer fruits than yours . But though true worth and virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life 655 660 665 670 675 Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , 680 Yet not in cities oft ...
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... Earth , than she , A more accomplish'd world's chief glory now . 710 715 720 She has her praise . Now mark a spot or two , 725 That so much beauty would do well to purge ; And show this queen of cities , that so fair , May yet be foul ...
... Earth , than she , A more accomplish'd world's chief glory now . 710 715 720 She has her praise . Now mark a spot or two , 725 That so much beauty would do well to purge ; And show this queen of cities , that so fair , May yet be foul ...
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