... The Task, a Poem ...: For the Use of Schools and AcademiesPhillips, Sampson, & Company, 1842 - 150 pages |
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... never better pleas'd Than when employ'd t ' accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devis'd The soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it receiv'd , United , yet divided , twain at once . So ...
... never better pleas'd Than when employ'd t ' accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devis'd The soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it receiv'd , United , yet divided , twain at once . So ...
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... never feel : For I have lov'd the rural walk through lanes 90 95 100 105 Of grassy swarth , close cropp'd by nibbling sheep , 110 And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have lov'd the rural walk O'er hills , through ...
... never feel : For I have lov'd the rural walk through lanes 90 95 100 105 Of grassy swarth , close cropp'd by nibbling sheep , 110 And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have lov'd the rural walk O'er hills , through ...
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... never overlook'd , our fav'rite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream , That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale , The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; 165 170 ...
... never overlook'd , our fav'rite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream , That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale , The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; 165 170 ...
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... never mine abode . Not distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From sultry suns : and , in their shaded walks And ...
... never mine abode . Not distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From sultry suns : and , in their shaded walks And ...
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... me that which I shall never see , Conveys a distant country into mine , And throws Italian light on English walls : But imitative strokes can do no more 415 420 425 Than please the eye - sweet Nature's ev'ry sense . 18 THE TASK .
... me that which I shall never see , Conveys a distant country into mine , And throws Italian light on English walls : But imitative strokes can do no more 415 420 425 Than please the eye - sweet Nature's ev'ry sense . 18 THE TASK .
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beauty beneath boast breath call'd cause charg'd charms clime death Deciduous delight distant divine domestick dream e'en earth ease ev'ning ev'ry fair fancy fast favour'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 heart Heav'n honour hopes and fears Hosanna human king labour learn'd less liberty lost lov'd lyre magick mercy Mighty winds mind mov'd musick nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasures polish'd pow'r praise proud publick rapture riddance rude rural sacred sake scene seek seem'd shade shine sighs silent sleep sloth smile Sofa soft song soon soul sound spleen stream sweet sycophant task taste thee theme thine thou art toil touch'd trembling truth Twas vale virtue wand'ring weary wind winter wisdom worthy
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Page 30 - 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.
Page 30 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 77 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 144 - 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.
Page 55 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Page 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, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once.
Page 30 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed, Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Page 125 - The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd : Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books.
Page 40 - 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.
Page 145 - All kingdoms and all princes of the earth Flock to that light ; the glory of all lands Flows into her ; unbounded is her joy, And endless her increase. Thy rams are there. * Nebaioth, and the flocks of Kedar there, The looms of Ormus, and the mines of Ind, And Saba's spicy groves, pay tribute there.