The TaskJohn Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1817 - 188 sider |
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Side 23
... breathing wholesome air , and wand'ring much , Need other physic none to heal th ' effects Of loathsome diet , penury , and cold . Blest he , though undistinguish'd from the crowd By wealth or dignity , who dwells secure , Where man ...
... breathing wholesome air , and wand'ring much , Need other physic none to heal th ' effects Of loathsome diet , penury , and cold . Blest he , though undistinguish'd from the crowd By wealth or dignity , who dwells secure , Where man ...
Side 33
... breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air , that moment they are free ; They touch our country , and their shackles fall . That's noble , and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing . Spread it then , And let it ...
... breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air , that moment they are free ; They touch our country , and their shackles fall . That's noble , and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing . Spread it then , And let it ...
Side 35
... breathe a gross And mortal nuisance into all the air . What solid was , by transformation strange , Grows fluid ; and the fix'd and rooted earth , Tormented into billows , heaves and swells , Or with vortiginous and hideous whirl Sucks ...
... breathe a gross And mortal nuisance into all the air . What solid was , by transformation strange , Grows fluid ; and the fix'd and rooted earth , Tormented into billows , heaves and swells , Or with vortiginous and hideous whirl Sucks ...
Side 36
... breath he draws A plague into his blood ; and cannot use Life's necessary means , but he must die . Storms rise t'o'erwhelm him ; or , if stormy winds . Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And , needing none assistance of the ...
... breath he draws A plague into his blood ; and cannot use Life's necessary means , but he must die . Storms rise t'o'erwhelm him ; or , if stormy winds . Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And , needing none assistance of the ...
Side 38
... breath of blooming Health . He calls for famine , and the meagre fiend Blows mildew from between his shrivell'd lips , And taints the golden ear . He springs his mines And desolates a nation at a blast . Forth steps the spruce ...
... breath of blooming Health . He calls for famine , and the meagre fiend Blows mildew from between his shrivell'd lips , And taints the golden ear . He springs his mines And desolates a nation at a blast . Forth steps the spruce ...
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The Task. [With “Tirocinium; Or, a Review of Schools.” With Plates After ... William Cowper Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1817 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
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
Populære avsnitt
Side 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.
Side 143 - Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
Side 154 - No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes and more than half...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.