The Task: A Poem in Six BooksBennett and Walton, no. 31, Market-street, J. Rakestraw, printer, 1811 - 212 стор. |
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... happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard T ' attain perfection in this nether world . Thus first necessity invented stools , Convenience next suggested elbow - chairs , And luxury , th ' accomplish'd sofa last ...
... happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard T ' attain perfection in this nether world . Thus first necessity invented stools , Convenience next suggested elbow - chairs , And luxury , th ' accomplish'd sofa last ...
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... happier spot , The chase for sustenance , precarious trust ! His hard condition with severe constraint Binds all his faculties , forbids all growth Of wisdom , proves a school in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate ...
... happier spot , The chase for sustenance , precarious trust ! His hard condition with severe constraint Binds all his faculties , forbids all growth Of wisdom , proves a school in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate ...
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... happiness at home , Secur'd it by an unforgiving frown , If any wrong'd her . Wolfe , where'er he fought , Put so much of his heart into his act , That his example had a magnet's force , And all were swift to follow whom all lov'd ...
... happiness at home , Secur'd it by an unforgiving frown , If any wrong'd her . Wolfe , where'er he fought , Put so much of his heart into his act , That his example had a magnet's force , And all were swift to follow whom all lov'd ...
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... happiest who dissemble best Their weariness : and they the most polite Who squander time and treasure with a smile , Though at their own destruction . She , that asks Her dear five hundred friends , contemns them all , And hates their ...
... happiest who dissemble best Their weariness : and they the most polite Who squander time and treasure with a smile , Though at their own destruction . She , that asks Her dear five hundred friends , contemns them all , And hates their ...
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... happiness .... Some account of myself .... The vanity of many of their pursuits who are reputed wise .... Justification of my censures .... Divine illumination necessary to the most expert philosopher ... The question , What is truth ...
... happiness .... Some account of myself .... The vanity of many of their pursuits who are reputed wise .... Justification of my censures .... Divine illumination necessary to the most expert philosopher ... The question , What is truth ...
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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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Сторінка 49 - There stands the messenger of truth: there stands The legate of the skies! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace.
Сторінка 52 - 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.
Сторінка 38 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Сторінка 12 - 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...
Сторінка 37 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire.
Сторінка 202 - One song employs all nations; and all cry, ' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us!' The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Сторінка 45 - To shake thy senate, and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes, was never meant my task...
Сторінка 203 - Praise is in all her gates ; upon her walls, And in her streets, and in her spacious courts, Is heard salvation. Eastern Java there Kneels with the native of the farthest West ; And Ethiopia spreads abroad the hand, And worships.
Сторінка 139 - Then shakes his powdered coat, and barks for joy. Heedless of all his pranks, the sturdy churl Moves right toward the mark ; nor stops for aught But now and then with pressure of his thumb T...
Сторінка 110 - No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street rings. No stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves and quake. But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted...