The Task and Other PoemsCarey and Hart, 1842 - 324 pages |
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Page 11
... seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud The occasion - for the Fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing sumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our sires had none . As ...
... seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud The occasion - for the Fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing sumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our sires had none . As ...
Page 19
... . At first , progressive as a stream , they seek The middle field ; but , scatter'd by degrees , * John Courtney Throckmorton , Esq . , of Weston Underwood . Each to his choice , soon whiten all the land THE SOFA . 19.
... . At first , progressive as a stream , they seek The middle field ; but , scatter'd by degrees , * John Courtney Throckmorton , Esq . , of Weston Underwood . Each to his choice , soon whiten all the land THE SOFA . 19.
Page 26
... seeking 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 ...
... seeking 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 ...
Page 45
... seek , And show the shame ye might conceal at home , In foreign eyes ! -be grooms , and win the plate , Where once your nobler fathers won a crown ! - ' Tis generous to communicate your skill To those that need it . Folly is soon learn ...
... seek , And show the shame ye might conceal at home , In foreign eyes ! -be grooms , and win the plate , Where once your nobler fathers won a crown ! - ' Tis generous to communicate your skill To those that need it . Folly is soon learn ...
Page 49
... , in presence of his God ? Or will he seek to dazzle me with tropes , As with the diamond on his lily hand , And play his brilliant parts before my eyes , When I am hungry for the bread of life ? 5 THE TIMEPIECE . 49.
... , in presence of his God ? Or will he seek to dazzle me with tropes , As with the diamond on his lily hand , And play his brilliant parts before my eyes , When I am hungry for the bread of life ? 5 THE TIMEPIECE . 49.
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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