The TaskJohn Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1817 - 188 страница |
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... happy isle . The lumber stood Pond'rous and fix'd by its own massy weight . But elbows still were wanting ; these , some say , An alderman of Cripplegate contriv'd ; And some ascribe th ' invention to a priest , Burly , and big , and ...
... happy isle . The lumber stood Pond'rous and fix'd by its own massy weight . But elbows still were wanting ; these , some say , An alderman of Cripplegate contriv'd ; And some ascribe th ' invention to a priest , Burly , and big , and ...
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... slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless 20 BOOK 1 . THE TASK .
... slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless 20 BOOK 1 . THE TASK .
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William Cowper. Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless of its charms , what still we love , That such short absence may endear it more . Then forests , or the savage rock , may please , That hides the seamew in his hollow ...
William Cowper. Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless of its charms , what still we love , That such short absence may endear it more . Then forests , or the savage rock , may please , That hides the seamew in his hollow ...
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... happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy The terrors of the day , that sets them free . Who then , that has thee , would not hold thee fast , Freedom ! whom they that lose thee so regret , That e'en a ...
... happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy The terrors of the day , that sets them free . Who then , that has thee , would not hold thee fast , Freedom ! whom they that lose thee so regret , That e'en a ...
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... Happy the man , who sees a God employ'd In all the good and ill , that checker life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme . Did not his eye rule all things ...
... Happy the man , who sees a God employ'd In all the good and ill , that checker life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme . Did not his eye rule all things ...
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charms clime delights design'd distant divine dream Earth ease Ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel flow'r folly form'd FOUNDATIONE fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace grave groves hand happy heart Heav'n honour human INNER TEMPLE JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre mercy Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once palmistry peace perhaps PICCADILLY plac'd pleas'd pleasures plebeian polish'd pow'r praise proud rapture RICHARD WESTALL riddance rude rural sacred sake scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound stroke sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil touch'd trembling truth twas virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise worth youth
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Страница 32 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
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Страница 154 - No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes and more than half...
Страница 159 - The Lord of all, Himself through all diffused, Sustains and is the' life of all that lives. Nature iS but a name for an effect Whose cause is God.
Страница 10 - Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course.
Страница 10 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore...
Страница 45 - I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain ; And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture. Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Страница 157 - And of an humbler growth, the other tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the wind severs from the broken wave...
Страница 145 - Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought. Brutes graze the mountain-top, with faces prone, And eyes intent upon the scanty herb It yields them ; or, recumbent on its brow, Ruminate heedless of the scene outspread Beneath, beyond, and stretching far away From inland regions to the distant main.
Страница 65 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.