The Task: In Six BooksT. Bedlington, 1826 - 228 pages |
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... seem'd Than the firm oak , of which the frame was form'd . No want of timber then was felt or fear'd In Albion's happy isle . The lumber stood Pond'rous and fix'd by its own massy weight . But elbows still were wanting ; these , some ...
... seem'd Than the firm oak , of which the frame was form'd . No want of timber then was felt or fear'd In Albion's happy isle . The lumber stood Pond'rous and fix'd by its own massy weight . But elbows still were wanting ; these , some ...
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... seem a glorious prize , And even to a clown . Now roves the eye ; 280 285 And , posted on this speculative height ... Seems sunk , and shorten'd to its topmost boughs . No tree in all the grove but has its charms , Though each its hue ...
... seem a glorious prize , And even to a clown . Now roves the eye ; 280 285 And , posted on this speculative height ... Seems sunk , and shorten'd to its topmost boughs . No tree in all the grove but has its charms , Though each its hue ...
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... 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 wanton ...
... 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 wanton ...
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... seems to swing uncertain , and yet falls Full on the destin'd ear . Wide flies the chaff , The rustling straw sends up a frequent mist Of atoms , sparkling in the noonday beam . Come hither , ye that press your beds of down , And sleep ...
... seems to swing uncertain , and yet falls Full on the destin'd ear . Wide flies the chaff , The rustling straw sends up a frequent mist Of atoms , sparkling in the noonday beam . Come hither , ye that press your beds of down , And sleep ...
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... seems worthy of the name . Good health , and its associate in the most , Good temper ; spirits prompt to undertake , 390 395 400 And not soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The pow'rs of fancy and strong thought are theirs ; E'en ...
... seems worthy of the name . Good health , and its associate in the most , Good temper ; spirits prompt to undertake , 390 395 400 And not soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The pow'rs of fancy and strong thought are theirs ; E'en ...
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