The Task and Other PoemsCarey and Hart, 1842 - 324 pages |
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... sounds as well as sights delightful . Another walk . Mistake concerning the charms of solitude corrected . Colonnades com- mended . Alcove , and the view from it . The Wilderness . The Grove . The Thresher . The necessity and the ...
... sounds as well as sights delightful . Another walk . Mistake concerning the charms of solitude corrected . Colonnades com- mended . Alcove , and the view from it . The Wilderness . The Grove . The Thresher . The necessity and the ...
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... sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear , Groves , heaths , and smoking villages , remote ... sounds Exhilarate the spirit , and restore The tone of languid Nature . Mighty winds , That sweep the skirt of some far ...
... sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear , Groves , heaths , and smoking villages , remote ... sounds Exhilarate the spirit , and restore The tone of languid Nature . Mighty winds , That sweep the skirt of some far ...
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... sounds , But animated Nature sweeter still , To soothe and satisfy the human ear . Ten thousand warblers cheer the day , and one The livelong night : nor these alone , whose notes Nice - finger'd Art must emulate in vain , But cawing ...
... sounds , But animated Nature sweeter still , To soothe and satisfy the human ear . Ten thousand warblers cheer the day , and one The livelong night : nor these alone , whose notes Nice - finger'd Art must emulate in vain , But cawing ...
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... sounds as haunt the ear In village or in town , the bay of curs Incessant , clinking hammers , grinding wheels , And infants clamorous whether pleased or pain'd , Oft have I wish'd the peaceful covert mine . Here , I have said , at ...
... sounds as haunt the ear In village or in town , the bay of curs Incessant , clinking hammers , grinding wheels , And infants clamorous whether pleased or pain'd , Oft have I wish'd the peaceful covert mine . Here , I have said , at ...
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... sounds , May bear us smoothly to the Gallic shore ! True , we have lost an empire - let it pass ! True ; we may thank the perfidy of France , That pick'd the jewel out of England's crown , With all the cunning of an envious shrew . And ...
... sounds , May bear us smoothly to the Gallic shore ! True , we have lost an empire - let it pass ! True ; we may thank the perfidy of France , That pick'd the jewel out of England's crown , With all the cunning of an envious shrew . And ...
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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