The TaskJohn Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1817 - 188 sider |
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Side 6
... smiling , in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame , The soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserv'd for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard To attain perfection in this ...
... smiling , in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame , The soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserv'd for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard To attain perfection in this ...
Side 17
... smiles , descends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , Ease , when courted most , Furthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oft'nest sacrifice are favour'd least . The love of Nature ...
... smiles , descends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , Ease , when courted most , Furthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oft'nest sacrifice are favour'd least . The love of Nature ...
Side 19
... smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys , That palls , and satiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's pack , that bows the bearer down . Health ...
... smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys , That palls , and satiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's pack , that bows the bearer down . Health ...
Side 20
... smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless 20 BOOK 1 . THE TASK .
... smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless 20 BOOK 1 . THE TASK .
Side 24
... smile , Can boast but little virtue ; and , inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners - victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity , plac'd remote From all , that science traces , art invents , Or ...
... smile , Can boast but little virtue ; and , inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners - victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity , plac'd remote From all , that science traces , art invents , Or ...
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The Task. [With “Tirocinium; Or, a Review of Schools.” With Plates After ... William Cowper Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1817 |
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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
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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.