The Task and Other PoemsCarey and Hart, 1842 - 324 pages |
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... worth And well - tried virtues , could alone inspire- Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long . Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine ...
... worth And well - tried virtues , could alone inspire- Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long . Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine ...
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... worth ; nor seldom waits , Dependant on the baker's punctual call , To hear his creaking panniers at the door , Angry , and sad , and his last crust consumed . So farewell envy of the peasant's nest ! If solitude make scant the means of ...
... worth ; nor seldom waits , Dependant on the baker's punctual call , To hear his creaking panniers at the door , Angry , and sad , and his last crust consumed . So farewell envy of the peasant's nest ! If solitude make scant the means of ...
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... worth , the comforts it affords , And theirs alone seem worthy of the name . Good health , and , its associate in the most , Good temper ; spirits prompt to undertake , And not soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The powers of ...
... worth , the comforts it affords , And theirs alone seem worthy of the name . Good health , and , its associate in the most , Good temper ; spirits prompt to undertake , And not soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The powers of ...
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... worth and virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life Thrive most , and may , perhaps , thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft : in proud , and gay , And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common and most ...
... worth and virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life Thrive most , and may , perhaps , thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft : in proud , and gay , And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common and most ...
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... worth consume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone : the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy The terrors of the day that sets them free . Who ...
... worth consume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone : the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy The terrors of the day that sets them free . Who ...
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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