The Task and Other PoemsCarey and Hart, 1842 - 324 pages |
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Page 16
... Stand , 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 ...
... Stand , 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 ...
Page 24
... stands , possess'd With visions prompted by intense desire : Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find- He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where Flora ...
... stands , possess'd With visions prompted by intense desire : Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find- He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where Flora ...
Page 39
... stand exposed by common peccancy To what no few have felt , there should be peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie scatter'd , where the shapely column stood . Her palaces are dust . In ...
... stand exposed by common peccancy To what no few have felt , there should be peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie scatter'd , where the shapely column stood . Her palaces are dust . In ...
Page 41
... d , like a light skiff , The sport of every wave ? No : none are clear , And none than we more guilty . But , where all Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may choose his mark : 4 * THE TIMEPIECE . 41.
... d , like a light skiff , The sport of every wave ? No : none are clear , And none than we more guilty . But , where all Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may choose his mark : 4 * THE TIMEPIECE . 41.
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... stand acknowledged , while the world shall stand The most important and effectual guard , Support , and ornament of Virtue's cause . There stands the messenger of truth ; there stands The legate of the skies ! -His theme divine , His ...
... stand acknowledged , while the world shall stand The most important and effectual guard , Support , and ornament of Virtue's cause . There stands the messenger of truth ; there stands The legate of the skies ! -His theme divine , His ...
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