The Task: A Poem. In Six BooksB. D. Packard, 41 State-Street. Robert Packard, Printer., 1810 - 193페이지 |
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... sounds and syllables . After an interval of a few years , his TASK was ushered into the world . The occasion that gave birth to it was a trivial one . A lady had requested Dr. Sprat's Life of Cowley . him to write a piece of blank verse ...
... sounds and syllables . After an interval of a few years , his TASK was ushered into the world . The occasion that gave birth to it was a trivial one . A lady had requested Dr. Sprat's Life of Cowley . him to write a piece of blank verse ...
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... sounds as well as sights delightful .... Another walk .... Mis- take concerning the charms of solitude corrected .... Colonnades commended .... Alcove , and the view from it .... The wilderness .... The grove .... The thresher .... The ...
... sounds as well as sights delightful .... Another walk .... Mis- take concerning the charms of solitude corrected .... Colonnades commended .... Alcove , and the view from it .... The wilderness .... The grove .... The thresher .... The ...
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... tow'r , Tall spire , from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the list'ning ear , Groves , heaths , and smoking villages , remote . Scenes must be beautiful , which , daily view'd , 18 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... tow'r , Tall spire , from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the list'ning ear , Groves , heaths , and smoking villages , remote . Scenes must be beautiful , which , daily view'd , 18 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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... sounds , Exhilerate 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 , And lull the ...
... sounds , Exhilerate 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 , And lull the ...
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... sounds as haunt the ear In village or in town , the bay of curs Incessant , clinking hammers , grinding wheels , And infants clam'rous whether pleas'd or pain'd , Oft have I wish'd the peaceful covert mine . Here , I have said , at ...
... sounds as haunt the ear In village or in town , the bay of curs Incessant , clinking hammers , grinding wheels , And infants clam'rous whether pleas'd or pain'd , Oft have I wish'd the peaceful covert mine . Here , I have said , at ...
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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,...