The Task: A Poem in Six BooksBennett and Walton, no. 31, Market-street, J. Rakestraw, printer, 1811 - 212 страница |
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... o'er the seat , with plenteous wadding stuff'd , Induc'd a splendid cover , green and blue , Yellow and red , of tap'stry richly wrought And woven close , or needle - work sublime . There might ye see the piony spread wide , The full ...
... o'er the seat , with plenteous wadding stuff'd , Induc'd a splendid cover , green and blue , Yellow and red , of tap'stry richly wrought And woven close , or needle - work sublime . There might ye see the piony spread wide , The full ...
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... the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the sick man dead , Nor his who quits the box at midnight hour To 10 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the sick man dead , Nor his who quits the box at midnight hour To 10 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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... O'er hills , through vallies , and by river's brink , E'er since a truant boy I pass'd my bounds T ' enjoy a ramble on the banks of Thames ; And still remember , nor without regret Of hours that sorrow since has much endear'd , How oft ...
... O'er hills , through vallies , and by river's brink , E'er since a truant boy I pass'd my bounds T ' enjoy a ramble on the banks of Thames ; And still remember , nor without regret Of hours that sorrow since has much endear'd , How oft ...
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... o'er , Conducts the eye along his sinuous course Delighted . There , fast rooted in their bank , Stand , never overlook'd , our favourite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream That ...
... o'er , Conducts the eye along his sinuous course Delighted . There , fast rooted in their bank , Stand , never overlook'd , our favourite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream That ...
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... seem a glorious prize , And even to a clown . Now roves the eye ; And , posted on this speculative height , Exults in its command . The sheep - fold here Pours out its fleecy tenants o'er the glebe . At B 2 BOOK I. 17 THE SOFA .
... seem a glorious prize , And even to a clown . Now roves the eye ; And , posted on this speculative height , Exults in its command . The sheep - fold here Pours out its fleecy tenants o'er the glebe . At B 2 BOOK I. 17 THE SOFA .
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50 Cents beauty beneath boast BOOK breath call'd cause charg'd charms clime death Deciduous delight distant divine dream earth ease England ev'n ev'ry fair fancy favour'd fear feeds feel field of glory flow'rs folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits gives glory grace grave groves hand happy heart heav'n honour hopes and fears hosanna human king labour less lost lov'd lyre mercy Mighty winds mind mov'd nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasure polish'd pow'r praise proud rapture riddance rude rural sacred sake scene seek seem'd shade shine sighs silent sleep sloth smiles SOFA soft song soon soul sound spleen stream sweet sycophant task taste thee their's theme thine thou art toil touch'd trembling truth twas vale virtue weary wind winter wisdom wish'd worth your's
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