The Task: In Six BooksT. Bedlington, 1826 - 228 pages |
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Page 57
... liv'd in vain ; And when I weigh this seeming wisdom well , And prove it in th ' infallible result So hollow and so false - I feel my heart Dissolve in pity , and account the learn'd , If this be learning , most of all deceiv'd . 165 ...
... liv'd in vain ; And when I weigh this seeming wisdom well , And prove it in th ' infallible result So hollow and so false - I feel my heart Dissolve in pity , and account the learn'd , If this be learning , most of all deceiv'd . 165 ...
Page 103
... liv'd themselves , t ' immortalize their bones . Some seek diversion in the tented field , And make the sorrows of mankind their sport . But war's a game , which , were their subjects wise , Kings would not play at . Nations would do ...
... liv'd themselves , t ' immortalize their bones . Some seek diversion in the tented field , And make the sorrows of mankind their sport . But war's a game , which , were their subjects wise , Kings would not play at . Nations would do ...
Page 115
... liv'd : the puny child Of self - congratulating Pride , begot On fancied Innocence . Again he falls , And fights again ; but finds , his best essay A presage ominous , portending still Its own dishonour by a worse relapse . Till Nature ...
... liv'd : the puny child Of self - congratulating Pride , begot On fancied Innocence . Again he falls , And fights again ; but finds , his best essay A presage ominous , portending still Its own dishonour by a worse relapse . Till Nature ...
Page 117
... liv'd unknown , Till persecution dragg'd them into fame , 725 And chas'd them up to Heaven . Their ashes flew -No marble tells us whither . With their names No bard embalms and sanctifies his song : And history , so warm on meaner ...
... liv'd unknown , Till persecution dragg'd them into fame , 725 And chas'd them up to Heaven . Their ashes flew -No marble tells us whither . With their names No bard embalms and sanctifies his song : And history , so warm on meaner ...
Page 141
... liv'd The God of our idolatry once more , Shall have its altar ; and the world shall go In pilgrimage to bow before his shrine . The theatre too small , shall suffocate Its squeez'd contents , and more than it admits Shall sigh at their ...
... liv'd The God of our idolatry once more , Shall have its altar ; and the world shall go In pilgrimage to bow before his shrine . The theatre too small , shall suffocate Its squeez'd contents , and more than it admits Shall sigh at their ...
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