The Task and Other PoemsCarey and Hart, 1842 - 324 pages |
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Page 13
... Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it received , United , yet divided , twain at once . So sit two Kings of Brentford on one throne ; And so two citizens ...
... Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it received , United , yet divided , twain at once . So sit two Kings of Brentford on one throne ; And so two citizens ...
Page 17
... heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devised the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains ...
... heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devised the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains ...
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... heard the doleful tidings of his death , And never smiled again ! And now she roams The dreary waste : there spends the livelong day , And there , unless when charity forbids , The livelong night . A tatter'd apron hides , Worn as a ...
... heard the doleful tidings of his death , And never smiled again ! And now she roams The dreary waste : there spends the livelong day , And there , unless when charity forbids , The livelong night . A tatter'd apron hides , Worn as a ...
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... heard our music ; are thy simple friends , Thy simple fare , and all thy plain delights , As dear to thee as once ? And have thy joys Lost nothing by comparison with ours ? Rude as thou art , ( for we return'd thee rude And ignorant ...
... heard our music ; are thy simple friends , Thy simple fare , and all thy plain delights , As dear to thee as once ? And have thy joys Lost nothing by comparison with ours ? Rude as thou art , ( for we return'd thee rude And ignorant ...
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... Heard at conventicle , where worthy men , Misled by custom , strain celestial themes Through the press'd nostril , spectacle - bestrid . Some , decent in demeanour while they preach , That task perform'd , relapse into themselves ; And ...
... Heard at conventicle , where worthy men , Misled by custom , strain celestial themes Through the press'd nostril , spectacle - bestrid . Some , decent in demeanour while they preach , That task perform'd , relapse into themselves ; 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