The Task: A Poem. In Six BooksB. D. Packard, 41 State-Street. Robert Packard, Printer., 1810 - 193 страница |
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... wish'd the peaceful covert mine . Here , I have said , at least I should possess The poet's treasure , silence , and indulge The dreams of fancy , tranquil and secure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the ...
... wish'd the peaceful covert mine . Here , I have said , at least I should possess The poet's treasure , silence , and indulge The dreams of fancy , tranquil and secure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the ...
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... waves To distant shores ; and she would sit and weep At what a sailor suffers ; fancy , too , Delusive most were warmest wishes are , Would oft anticipate his glad return , And dream of transports she was not to know . 30 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... waves To distant shores ; and she would sit and weep At what a sailor suffers ; fancy , too , Delusive most were warmest wishes are , Would oft anticipate his glad return , And dream of transports she was not to know . 30 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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... wishes and industrious hands . Here virtue thrives as in her proper soil ; Not rude and surly , and beset with thorns , And terrible to sight , as when she springs ( If e'er she springs spontaneous ) in remote And barb'rous climes ...
... wishes and industrious hands . Here virtue thrives as in her proper soil ; Not rude and surly , and beset with thorns , And terrible to sight , as when she springs ( If e'er she springs spontaneous ) in remote And barb'rous climes ...
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... wish , Birds warbling all the music . We can spare The splendor of your lamps ; they but eclipse Our softer satellite . Your songs confound Our more harmonious notes : the thrush departs Scar'd , and th ' offended nightingale is mute ...
... wish , Birds warbling all the music . We can spare The splendor of your lamps ; they but eclipse Our softer satellite . Your songs confound Our more harmonious notes : the thrush departs Scar'd , and th ' offended nightingale is mute ...
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... wish , Prolific all , and harbingers of more . The crowded roots demand enlargement now , And transplantation in an ampler space . Indulg'd in what they wish , they soon supply Large foliage , overshadowing golden flow'rs , Blown on the ...
... wish , Prolific all , and harbingers of more . The crowded roots demand enlargement now , And transplantation in an ampler space . Indulg'd in what they wish , they soon supply Large foliage , overshadowing golden flow'rs , Blown on the ...
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beauty beneath blank verse boast breath cause charg'd charms clime Cowper death Deciduous deep delight distant divine dream earth ease England ev'n ev'ry fair fancy favor'd fear feeds feel field of glory fix'd flow'rs folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruit gives glory grace grave groves hand happiness hassocks hast heart heav'n honor hosanna human king labor less liberty lost lov'd lyre Mighty winds mind mov'd nature nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace pity pleas'd pleasure POEM poets 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 stream stroke sublime sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art toil touch'd trembling truth twas vale virtue wand'ring weary WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom worthy
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