The TaskJohn Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1817 - 188 страница |
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... taste , Now scorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From sultry suns : and , in their shaded walks And long protracted bow'rs , enjoy'd at noon The gloom and coolness of declining day . We bear our ...
... taste , Now scorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From sultry suns : and , in their shaded walks And long protracted bow'rs , enjoy'd at noon The gloom and coolness of declining day . We bear our ...
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... taste and wealth proclaim'd The fairest capital of all the world , By riot and incontinence the worst . There , touch'd by Reynolds , a dull blank becomes A lucid mirror , in which Nature sees All her reflected features . Bacon there ...
... taste and wealth proclaim'd The fairest capital of all the world , By riot and incontinence the worst . There , touch'd by Reynolds , a dull blank becomes A lucid mirror , in which Nature sees All her reflected features . Bacon there ...
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... taste no scenes But such as art contrives , possess ye still Your element ; there only can ye shine ; There only minds like yours can do no harm . Our groves were planted to console at noon The pensive wand'rer in their shades . At eve ...
... taste no scenes But such as art contrives , possess ye still Your element ; there only can ye shine ; There only minds like yours can do no harm . Our groves were planted to console at noon The pensive wand'rer in their shades . At eve ...
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... taste Of what is excellent in man , they thirst With such a zeal to be what they approve , That no restraints can circumscribe them more Than they themselves by choice , for wisdom's sake . Nor can example hurt them : what they see Of ...
... taste Of what is excellent in man , they thirst With such a zeal to be what they approve , That no restraints can circumscribe them more Than they themselves by choice , for wisdom's sake . Nor can example hurt them : what they see Of ...
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... taste thee unimpair'd and pure , Or tasting long enjoy thee ! too infirm , Or too incautious , to preserve thy sweets Unmix'd with drops of bitter , which neglect Or temper sheds into thy crystal cup ; Thou art the nurse of Virtue , in ...
... taste thee unimpair'd and pure , Or tasting long enjoy thee ! too infirm , Or too incautious , to preserve thy sweets Unmix'd with drops of bitter , which neglect Or temper sheds into thy crystal cup ; Thou art the nurse of Virtue , in ...
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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.