The TaskJohn Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1817 - 188 страница |
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... the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its bloom , the flaccid , shrunk , And wither'd muscle , and the vapid soul , Reproach their owner with that love of rest , To which he forfeits e'en the rest he loves . 16 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its bloom , the flaccid , shrunk , And wither'd muscle , and the vapid soul , Reproach their owner with that love of rest , To which he forfeits e'en the rest he loves . 16 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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... soul is sick , with ev'ry day's report Of wrong and outrage , with which Earth is fill'd . There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart , It does not feel for man ; the nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax , That falls ...
... soul is sick , with ev'ry day's report Of wrong and outrage , with which Earth is fill'd . There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart , It does not feel for man ; the nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax , That falls ...
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... soul I loath All affectation . " Tis my perfect scorn ; Object of my implacable disgust . What ! will a man play tricks , will he indulge A silly fond conceit of his fair form , And just proportion , fashionable mien , And pretty face ...
... soul I loath All affectation . " Tis my perfect scorn ; Object of my implacable disgust . What ! will a man play tricks , will he indulge A silly fond conceit of his fair form , And just proportion , fashionable mien , And pretty face ...
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... soul ; To break a jest , when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t ' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales , When sent with God's commission to the heart ! So did not Paul . Direct me to a quip Or merry turn in all ...
... soul ; To break a jest , when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t ' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales , When sent with God's commission to the heart ! So did not Paul . Direct me to a quip Or merry turn in all ...
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... souls to mine . God never meant , that man should scale the Heav'ns By strides of human wisdom . In his works , Though wondrous , he commands us in his word To seek him rather , where his mercy shines . The mind indeed , enlighten'd ...
... souls to mine . God never meant , that man should scale the Heav'ns By strides of human wisdom . In his works , Though wondrous , he commands us in his word To seek him rather , where his mercy shines . The mind indeed , enlighten'd ...
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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.
Страница 143 - Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
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.