The Task: A Poem. In Six BooksB. D. Packard, 41 State-Street. Robert Packard, Printer., 1810 - 193페이지 |
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... hope derived from a steady and unshaken faith in the principles of christianity . I am not prepared to affirm that Mr. Cowper de- tives any praise from the choice and elegance of his words ; but he has the higher praise of having cho ...
... hope derived from a steady and unshaken faith in the principles of christianity . I am not prepared to affirm that Mr. Cowper de- tives any praise from the choice and elegance of his words ; but he has the higher praise of having cho ...
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... Hope , and Charity , * and touch'd with awe The solemn chords , and with a trembling hand , Escap'd with pain from that advent'rous flight , Now seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud Th ...
... Hope , and Charity , * and touch'd with awe The solemn chords , and with a trembling hand , Escap'd with pain from that advent'rous flight , Now seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud Th ...
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... hope already there , Greets with three cheers exulting . At his waist A girdle of half - wither'd shrubs he shows , And at his feet the baffled billows die . The common , overgrown with fern , and rough With prickly gorse , that ...
... hope already there , Greets with three cheers exulting . At his waist A girdle of half - wither'd shrubs he shows , And at his feet the baffled billows die . The common , overgrown with fern , and rough With prickly gorse , that ...
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... hope no triumph there Beyond th ' achievement of successful flight . I do confess them nurs'ries of the arts , In which they flourish most ; where , in the beams Of warm encouragement , and in the eye Of public note , they reach their ...
... hope no triumph there Beyond th ' achievement of successful flight . I do confess them nurs'ries of the arts , In which they flourish most ; where , in the beams Of warm encouragement , and in the eye Of public note , they reach their ...
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... hope of such hereafter ! They have fallen Each in his field of glory ; one in arms , And one in council .... Wolfe upon the lap Of smiling victory that moment won , And Chatham , heart - sick of his country's shame ! They made us many ...
... hope of such hereafter ! They have fallen Each in his field of glory ; one in arms , And one in council .... Wolfe upon the lap Of smiling victory that moment won , And Chatham , heart - sick of his country's shame ! They made us many ...
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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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52 페이지 - 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.
41 페이지 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war Might never reach me more...
46 페이지 - Happy the man who sees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that chequer 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, and intend The least of our concerns (since from the least The greatest oft originate) ; could chance Find place in his dominion, or dispose One lawless particle to thwart his plan ; Then God might be surprised, and unforeseen Contingence might alarm him, and disturb The...
vi 페이지 - 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 th
77 페이지 - Philosophy baptized In the pure fountain of eternal love Has eyes indeed ; and viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives Him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
103 페이지 - 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.
42 페이지 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country and their shackles fall.
50 페이지 - 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.
19 페이지 - 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...
99 페이지 - And, having dropped the expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful: messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks,. Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,...