The Task and Other PoemsCarey and Hart, 1842 - 324 pages |
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Page 41
... Heaven , that it burns down to earth , And in the furious inquest , that it makes On God's behalf , lays waste His fairest works . The very elements , though each be meant The minister of man , to serve his wants , Conspire against him ...
... Heaven , that it burns down to earth , And in the furious inquest , that it makes On God's behalf , lays waste His fairest works . The very elements , though each be meant The minister of man , to serve his wants , Conspire against him ...
Page 42
... Heavens In tempests ; quits His grasp upon the winds , And gives them all their fury ; bids a plague Kindle a fiery boil upon the skin , And putrefy the breath of blooming Health . He calls for Famine , and the meagre fiend Blows mildew ...
... Heavens In tempests ; quits His grasp upon the winds , And gives them all their fury ; bids a plague Kindle a fiery boil upon the skin , And putrefy the breath of blooming Health . He calls for Famine , and the meagre fiend Blows mildew ...
Page 47
... Heaven all were ! But hark - the doctor's voice ! -fast wedged between Two empirics he stands , and with swoln cheeks Inspires the news , his trumpet . Keener far Than all invective is his bold harangue , While through that public organ ...
... Heaven all were ! But hark - the doctor's voice ! -fast wedged between Two empirics he stands , and with swoln cheeks Inspires the news , his trumpet . Keener far Than all invective is his bold harangue , While through that public organ ...
Page 54
... Heaven would sure grow weary of a world Productive only of a race like ours , A monitor is wood - plank shaven thin . We wear it at our backs . There , closely braced And neatly fitted , it compresses hard The prominent and most ...
... Heaven would sure grow weary of a world Productive only of a race like ours , A monitor is wood - plank shaven thin . We wear it at our backs . There , closely braced And neatly fitted , it compresses hard The prominent and most ...
Page 56
... Heaven's peculiar grace , escape . There we grow early grey , but never wise ; There form connexions , but acquire no friend ; Solicit pleasure , hopeless of success ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For second childhood , and ...
... Heaven's peculiar grace , escape . There we grow early grey , but never wise ; There form connexions , but acquire no friend ; Solicit pleasure , hopeless of success ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For second childhood , and ...
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Æsop Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast BODHAM breath call'd cause charms death deem delight design'd distant divine dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy fear feed feel flowers folly form'd fruit give glory grace grave hand happy heart Heaven honest pleasures honour hope human John Gilpin JOSEPH HILL King labour learn'd less liberty light live lost lyre mind mounted best Muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once peace perhaps pleasure plebeian praise prize proud prove rest scene scorn seek seem'd sensual world shine sight skies sleep sloth smile song soon soul sound spare stamp'd sweet sweet oblivion task taste thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought toil trembling truth Twas vex'd virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wisely store wonder worth youth