The Task: In Six BooksT. Bedlington, 1826 - 228 pages |
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Page 7
... hand , Escap'd with pain from that advent'rous flight , Now seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme , though humble , yet august and proud Th ' occasion - for the fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing , sumptuous or ...
... hand , Escap'd with pain from that advent'rous flight , Now seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme , though humble , yet august and proud Th ' occasion - for the fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing , sumptuous or ...
Page 18
... hand ! Lovely indeed the mimick works of Art ; But Nature's works far lovelier . I admire , None more admires the painter's magick skill ; Who shows me that which I shall never see , Conveys a distant country into mine , And throws ...
... hand ! Lovely indeed the mimick works of Art ; But Nature's works far lovelier . I admire , None more admires the painter's magick skill ; Who shows me that which I shall never see , Conveys a distant country into mine , And throws ...
Page 20
... hand , To deal and shuffle , to divide and sort Her mingled suits and sequences ; and sits , Spectatress both and spectacle , a sad And silent cipher , while her proxy plays . Others are dragg'd into a crowded room Between supporters ...
... hand , To deal and shuffle , to divide and sort Her mingled suits and sequences ; and sits , Spectatress both and spectacle , a sad And silent cipher , while her proxy plays . Others are dragg'd into a crowded room Between supporters ...
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... should fight when such as these Presume to lay their hand upon the ark 231 Of her magnificent and awful cause ? Time was when it was praise and boast enough In every clime , and travel where we might , THE TIME - PIECE ,
... should fight when such as these Presume to lay their hand upon the ark 231 Of her magnificent and awful cause ? Time was when it was praise and boast enough In every clime , and travel where we might , THE TIME - PIECE ,
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... hands . 325 The pulpit , therefore- ( and I name it fill'd With solemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ) -- The pulpit- ( when the sat'rist has at last , Strutting and vap'ring in an empty school ...
... hands . 325 The pulpit , therefore- ( and I name it fill'd With solemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ) -- The pulpit- ( when the sat'rist has at last , Strutting and vap'ring in an empty school ...
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