The Task and Other PoemsCarey and Hart, 1842 - 324 pages |
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Page 49
... fair form , And just proportion , fashionable mien , And pretty face , 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 ...
... fair form , And just proportion , fashionable mien , And pretty face , 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 ...
Page 50
... fair.- Now , this is fulsome , and offends me more Than in a churchman slovenly neglect And rustic coarseness would . A heavenly mind May be indifferent to her house of clay , And slight the hovel as beneath her care ; But how a body so ...
... fair.- Now , this is fulsome , and offends me more Than in a churchman slovenly neglect And rustic coarseness would . A heavenly mind May be indifferent to her house of clay , And slight the hovel as beneath her care ; But how a body so ...
Page 55
... fair reversion with keen eye ; Finds one ill made , another obsolete , This fits not nicely , that is ill conceived : And , making prize of all that he condemns , With our expenditure defrays his own . Variety's the very spice of life ...
... fair reversion with keen eye ; Finds one ill made , another obsolete , This fits not nicely , that is ill conceived : And , making prize of all that he condemns , With our expenditure defrays his own . Variety's the very spice of life ...
Page 67
... fair renown ! Till prostitution elbows us aside In all our crowded streets ; and senates seem Convened for purposes of empire less , Than to release the adult'ress from her bond . The adult'ress ! what a theme for angry verse ! What ...
... fair renown ! Till prostitution elbows us aside In all our crowded streets ; and senates seem Convened for purposes of empire less , Than to release the adult'ress from her bond . The adult'ress ! what a theme for angry verse ! What ...
Page 68
... fair , So liberal in construction , and so rich In Christian charity , ( good - natured age ! ) That they are safe , sinners of either sex , Transgress what laws they may . Well - dress'd , well - bred , Well - equipaged , is ticket ...
... fair , So liberal in construction , and so rich In Christian charity , ( good - natured age ! ) That they are safe , sinners of either sex , Transgress what laws they may . Well - dress'd , well - bred , Well - equipaged , is ticket ...
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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