The Task: In Six BooksT. Bedlington, 1826 - 228 pages |
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Page 14
... means of life , Society for me ! -thou seeming sweet , Be still a pleasing object in my view ; My visit still , but never mine abode . Not distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but ...
... means of life , Society for me ! -thou seeming sweet , Be still a pleasing object in my view ; My visit still , but never mine abode . Not distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but ...
Page 17
... are bound , 385 Binds man , the Lord of all . Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When Custom bids , 2 THE SOFA . 17.
... are bound , 385 Binds man , the Lord of all . Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When Custom bids , 2 THE SOFA . 17.
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... forbids all growth Of wisdom , proves a school , in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate , Mean self - attachment , and scarce aught beside . 615 Thus fare the shiv'ring natives of the north , And THE SOFA . 23.
... forbids all growth Of wisdom , proves a school , in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate , Mean self - attachment , and scarce aught beside . 615 Thus fare the shiv'ring natives of the north , And THE SOFA . 23.
Page 33
... means , but he must die . Storms rise t ' o'erwhelm him ; or if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And , needing none assistance of the storm , 150 Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there . 145 The ...
... means , but he must die . Storms rise t ' o'erwhelm him ; or if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And , needing none assistance of the storm , 150 Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there . 145 The ...
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... means since first he made the world ? And did he not of old employ his means . To drown it ? What is his creation less , Than a capacious reservoir of means , Form'd for his uso , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye ...
... means since first he made the world ? And did he not of old employ his means . To drown it ? What is his creation less , Than a capacious reservoir of means , Form'd for his uso , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye ...
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Æsop beauty beneath boast breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd dicebox distant divine domestick dread dream e'en earth ease ev'ning ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel flow'r folly form'd fruit give glory grace grave Guelder Rose hand happy hast heard heart Heav'n honour human John Throckmorton JOSEPH HILL king labour learn'd less liberty liv'd live lost lov'd lyre magick man-The mind mounted best musick Nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasures plebeian pow'r praise proud prove publick rest sacred scene schools seek seem'd shine skies sleep smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd sweet sweet oblivion task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas vex'd virtue voice wand'ring waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wisely store worth youth