The Task and Other PoemsCarey and Hart, 1842 - 324 pages |
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Page 13
... smiling , in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame By soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserved for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard To attain perfection in this nether ...
... smiling , in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame By soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserved for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard To attain perfection in this nether ...
Page 23
... smiles , descends towards the grave , Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , Ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oftenest sacrifice are favour'd least . The love of Nature ...
... smiles , descends towards the grave , Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , Ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oftenest sacrifice are favour'd least . The love of Nature ...
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... 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 .
... 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
... smiles , slides off Fastidious , 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 ...
... smiles , slides off Fastidious , 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 ...
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... smile , Can boast but little virtue ; and , inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners - victims of luxurious ease . These , therefore , I can pity , placed remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or ...
... smile , Can boast but little virtue ; and , inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners - victims of luxurious ease . These , therefore , I can pity , placed remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or ...
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Ęsop 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