The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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Page 10
... libertine Excess . The Sofa suits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though on a Sofa , may I never feel : For I have loved the rural walk through lanes Of grassy swarth , close cropp'd by nibbling sheep , 10 B. I. THE TASK .
... libertine Excess . The Sofa suits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though on a Sofa , may I never feel : For I have loved the rural walk through lanes Of grassy swarth , close cropp'd by nibbling sheep , 10 B. I. THE TASK .
Page 12
... Just undulates upon the listening ear , Groves , heaths , and smoking villages , remote . Scenes must be beautiful , which , daily view'd , Please daily , and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and 12 B. I. THE TASK .
... Just undulates upon the listening ear , Groves , heaths , and smoking villages , remote . Scenes must be beautiful , which , daily view'd , Please daily , and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and 12 B. I. THE TASK .
Page 14
... task of new discoveries falls on me . At such a season , and with such a charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : ' Tis perch'd upon the green hill top , but close Environ'd ...
... task of new discoveries falls on me . At such a season , and with such a charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : ' Tis perch'd upon the green hill top , but close Environ'd ...
Page 16
... silver lines his leaf , And ash far stretching his umbrageous arm ; Of deeper green the elm ; and deeper still , Lord of the woods , the long - surviving oak . Some glossy - leaved , and shining in the sun 16 B. I. THE TASK .
... silver lines his leaf , And ash far stretching his umbrageous arm ; Of deeper green the elm ; and deeper still , Lord of the woods , the long - surviving oak . Some glossy - leaved , and shining in the sun 16 B. I. THE TASK .
Page 18
... task . Thump after thump resounds the constant flail , That seems to swing uncertain , and yet falls Full on the destined ear . Wide flies the chaff , The rustling straw sends up a frequent mist Of atoms , sparkling in the noonday beam ...
... task . Thump after thump resounds the constant flail , That seems to swing uncertain , and yet falls Full on the destined ear . Wide flies the chaff , The rustling straw sends up a frequent mist Of atoms , sparkling in the noonday beam ...
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