The Task and Other PoemsCarey and Hart, 1842 - 324 pages |
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Page 13
... once . So sit two Kings of Brentford on one throne ; And so two citizens , who take the air , Close pack'd , and smiling , in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame By soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss ...
... once . So sit two Kings of Brentford on one throne ; And so two citizens , who take the air , Close pack'd , and smiling , in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame By soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss ...
Page 16
... once . Nor 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 ...
... once . Nor 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 ...
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... Once went I forth : and found , till then unknown A cottage , whither oft we since repair : ' Tis perch'd upon the green hill top , but close Environ'd with a ring of branching elms , That overhang the thatch , itself , unseen , Peeps ...
... Once went I forth : and found , till then unknown A cottage , whither oft we since repair : ' Tis perch'd upon the green hill top , but close Environ'd with a ring of branching elms , That overhang the thatch , itself , unseen , Peeps ...
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... once into a cooler clime . Ye fallen avenues ! once more I mourn Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice , That yet a remnant of your race survives . How airy and how light the graceful arch , Yet awful as the consecrated roof Re ...
... once into a cooler clime . Ye fallen avenues ! once more I mourn Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice , That yet a remnant of your race survives . How airy and how light the graceful arch , Yet awful as the consecrated roof Re ...
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... once seated , sit , Through downright inability to rise , Till the stout bearers lift the corpse again . These speak a loud memento . Yet e'en these Themselves love life , and cling to it , as he That overhangs a torrent , to a twig ...
... once seated , sit , Through downright inability to rise , Till the stout bearers lift the corpse again . These speak a loud memento . Yet e'en these Themselves love life , and cling to it , as he That overhangs a torrent , to a twig ...
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