The Task and Other PoemsCarey and Hart, 1842 - 324 pages |
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Page 23
... clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye , beneath a wrinkled front , The veteran shows , and , gracing a grey beard With youthful smiles , descends towards the grave , Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy ...
... clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye , beneath a wrinkled front , The veteran shows , and , gracing a grey beard With youthful smiles , descends towards the grave , Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy ...
Page 41
... like a light skiff , The sport of every wave ? No : none are clear , And none than we more guilty . But , where all Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may choose his mark : 4 * THE TIMEPIECE . 41.
... like a light skiff , The sport of every wave ? No : none are clear , And none than we more guilty . But , where all Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may choose his mark : 4 * THE TIMEPIECE . 41.
Page 47
... clear . By him the violated law speak out Its thunders ; and by him , in strains as sweet As angels use , the Gospel whispers peace . He ' stablishes the strong , restores the weak , Reclaims the wanderer , binds the broken heart , And ...
... clear . By him the violated law speak out Its thunders ; and by him , in strains as sweet As angels use , the Gospel whispers peace . He ' stablishes the strong , restores the weak , Reclaims the wanderer , binds the broken heart , And ...
Page 73
... clear , and argument exact ? - That makes a minister in holy things The joy of many , and the dread of more , His name a theme for praise and for reproach ? - That , while it gives us worth in God's account , Depreciates and undoes us ...
... clear , and argument exact ? - That makes a minister in holy things The joy of many , and the dread of more , His name a theme for praise and for reproach ? - That , while it gives us worth in God's account , Depreciates and undoes us ...
Page 76
... clear skies . He that is ever occupied in storms , Or dives not for it , or brings up instead , Vainly industrious , a disgraceful prize . The morning finds the self - sequester'd man Fresh for his task , intend what task he may ...
... clear skies . He that is ever occupied in storms , Or dives not for it , or brings up instead , Vainly industrious , a disgraceful prize . The morning finds the self - sequester'd man Fresh for his task , intend what task he may ...
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