The Task and Other PoemsCarey and Hart, 1842 - 324 pages |
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... hast doubled long . Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft , upon yon eminence , our pace Has ...
... hast doubled long . Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft , upon yon eminence , our pace Has ...
Page 30
... hast found again Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and yams , And homestall thatch'd with leaves . But hast thou found Their former charms ? And , having seen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our gardens ...
... hast found again Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and yams , And homestall thatch'd with leaves . But hast thou found Their former charms ? And , having seen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our gardens ...
Page 66
... hast survived the fall ! Though few now taste thee unimpair'd and pure , Or tasting long enjoy thee ! too infirm , Or too incautious , to preserve thy sweets Unmix'd with drops of bitter , which neglect Or temper sheds into thy crystal ...
... hast survived the fall ! Though few now taste thee unimpair'd and pure , Or tasting long enjoy thee ! too infirm , Or too incautious , to preserve thy sweets Unmix'd with drops of bitter , which neglect Or temper sheds into thy crystal ...
Page 90
... hast many righteous . - Well for thee- That salt preserves thee ; more corrupted else , And therefore , more obnoxious at this hour , Than Sodom in her day had power to be , For whom God heard His Abraham plead in vain . THE TASK . BOOK ...
... hast many righteous . - Well for thee- That salt preserves thee ; more corrupted else , And therefore , more obnoxious at this hour , Than Sodom in her day had power to be , For whom God heard His Abraham plead in vain . THE TASK . BOOK ...
Page 104
... hast mercy ! which the great , With needless hurry whirl'd from place to place , Humane as they would seem , not always show . Poor , yet industrious , modest , quiet , neat , Such claim compassion in a night like this , And have a ...
... hast mercy ! which the great , With needless hurry whirl'd from place to place , Humane as they would seem , not always show . Poor , yet industrious , modest , quiet , neat , Such claim compassion in a night like this , And have a ...
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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