The Task and Other PoemsCarey and Hart, 1842 - 324 pages |
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Page 16
... less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods , or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock , and , chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length In matted ...
... less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods , or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock , and , chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length In matted ...
Page 20
... less attractive is the woodland scene , Diversified with trees of every growth , Alike , yet various . Here the grey , smooth trunks Of ash , or lime , or beech , distinctly shine Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There ...
... less attractive is the woodland scene , Diversified with trees of every growth , Alike , yet various . Here the grey , smooth trunks Of ash , or lime , or beech , distinctly shine Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There ...
Page 24
... cause For such immeasurable woe appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair Sweet smiles , and bloom less transient than her own It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys , That 24 THE TASK .
... cause For such immeasurable woe appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair Sweet smiles , and bloom less transient than her own It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys , That 24 THE TASK .
Page 26
... less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless of its charms , what still we love , That such short absence may endear ...
... less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless of its charms , what still we love , That such short absence may endear ...
Page 42
... less , to warn The more malignant . If he spared not them , Tremble and be amazed at thine escape , Far guiltier England , lest he spare not thee ! Happy the man , who sees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that checker life ...
... less , to warn The more malignant . If he spared not them , Tremble and be amazed at thine escape , Far guiltier England , lest he spare not thee ! Happy the man , who sees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that checker life ...
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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