The Task and Other PoemsCarey and Hart, 1842 - 324 pages |
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... honours bright . O'er these , but far beyond , ( a spacious map Of hill and valley interposed between , ) The Ouse , dividing the well - water'd land , Now glitters in the sun , and now retires , As bashful , yet impatient to be seen ...
... honours bright . O'er these , but far beyond , ( a spacious map Of hill and valley interposed between , ) The Ouse , dividing the well - water'd land , Now glitters in the sun , and now retires , As bashful , yet impatient to be seen ...
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... honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name . The innocent are gay - the lark is gay , That dries his feathers , saturate with dew , Beneath the rosy cloud , while yet the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest ...
... honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name . The innocent are gay - the lark is gay , That dries his feathers , saturate with dew , Beneath the rosy cloud , while yet the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest ...
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... she is slack in discipline ; more prompt To avenge than to prevent the breach of law : That she is rigid in denouncing death On petty robbers , and indulges life And liberty , and oft - times honour too , 32 THE TASK .
... she is slack in discipline ; more prompt To avenge than to prevent the breach of law : That she is rigid in denouncing death On petty robbers , and indulges life And liberty , and oft - times honour too , 32 THE TASK .
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William Cowper. And liberty , and oft - times honour too , To peculators of the public gold : That thieves at home must hang ; but he , that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth of Indian provinces , escapes . Nor is it ...
William Cowper. And liberty , and oft - times honour too , To peculators of the public gold : That thieves at home must hang ; but he , that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth of Indian provinces , escapes . Nor is it ...
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... honours , and farewell with them The hope of such hereafter ! They have fallen Each in his field of glory ; one in arms , And one in council - Wolfe , upon the lap Of smiling Victory , that moment won , And Chatham , heart - sick of his ...
... honours , and farewell with them The hope of such hereafter ! They have fallen Each in his field of glory ; one in arms , And one in council - Wolfe , upon the lap Of smiling Victory , that moment won , And Chatham , heart - sick of his ...
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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