Discriminated each from each, by strokes But none without some relish, none unmov'd. Where nothing feeds it; neither business, crowds, Whatever else they smother of true worth A garden, in which nothing thrives, has charms, Though sickly samples of th' exub'rant whole. Of orange, myrtle, or the fragrant weed, Of rural scenes, compensating his loss * Mignonnette. And they, that never pass their brick-wall bounds, He gives a tongue t' enlarge upon, a heart To me, an unambitious mind, content THE TASK. BOOK V. THE WINTER MORNING WALK. ARGUMENT OF THE FIFTH BOOK. A frosty morning.--The foddering of cattle.--The woodman and his dog. --The poultry.---Whimsical effects of frost at a waterfall.---The Empress of Russia's palace of ice.---Amusements of monarchs.---War, one of them.---Wars, whence.---And whence monarchy.--The evils of it.---English and French loyalty contrasted.--The Bastile, and a prisoner there.--Liberty the chief recommendation of this country.---Modern patriotism questionable, and why.---The perishable nature of the best human institutions.--Spiritual liberty not perishable.---The slavish state of man by nature.-Deliver him, Deist, if you can.--Grace must do it. The respective merits of patriots and martyrs stated.--Their different treatment.--Happy freedom of the man whom grace makes free. His relish of the works of God.---Address to the Creator. 'Tis morning; and the sun, with ruddy orb Seen through the leafless wood. His slanting ray |