The Task and Other PoemsCarey and Hart, 1842 - 324 pages |
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Page 13
... never better pleased Than when employ'd to accommodate the Fair , 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 ...
... never better pleased Than when employ'd to accommodate the Fair , 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 ...
Page 14
... never feel : For I have loved the rural walk through lanes Of grassy swarth , close cropp'd by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have loved the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by ...
... never feel : For I have loved the rural walk through lanes Of grassy swarth , close cropp'd by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have loved the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by ...
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... never overlook'd , our favourite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream , That as with molten glass inlays the vale , The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; Displaying on its ...
... never overlook'd , our favourite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream , That as with molten glass inlays the vale , The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; Displaying on its ...
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... never mine abode . Not distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From sultry suns ; and , in their shaded walks And ...
... never mine abode . Not distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From sultry suns ; and , in their shaded walks And ...
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... never see , Conveys a distant country into mine , And throws Italian light on English walls : But imitative strokes can do no more Than please the eye - sweet Nature , every sense . The air salubrious of her lofty hills , The cheering ...
... never see , Conveys a distant country into mine , And throws Italian light on English walls : But imitative strokes can do no more Than please the eye - sweet Nature , every sense . The air salubrious of her lofty hills , The cheering ...
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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