The Task And Other Poems1891 |
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... bounds To enjoy a ramble on the banks of Thames . And still remember , nor without regret Of hours that sorrow since has much endeared , How oft , my slice of pocket store consumed , Still hungering penniless and far from home , I fed ...
... bounds To enjoy a ramble on the banks of Thames . And still remember , nor without regret Of hours that sorrow since has much endeared , How oft , my slice of pocket store consumed , Still hungering penniless and far from home , I fed ...
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... And now , with nerves new - braced and spirits cheered , We tread the wilderness , whose well - rolled walks , With curvature of slow and easy sweep- Deception innocent - give ample space To narrow bounds . 20 THE TASK . 20.
... And now , with nerves new - braced and spirits cheered , We tread the wilderness , whose well - rolled walks , With curvature of slow and easy sweep- Deception innocent - give ample space To narrow bounds . 20 THE TASK . 20.
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William Cowper. Deception innocent - give ample space To narrow bounds . The grove receives us next ; Between the upright shafts of whose tall elms We may discern the thresher at his task . Thump after thump resounds the constant flail ...
William Cowper. Deception innocent - give ample space To narrow bounds . The grove receives us next ; Between the upright shafts of whose tall elms We may discern the thresher at his task . Thump after thump resounds the constant flail ...
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... bound , Binds man the lord of all . Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none ...
... bound , Binds man the lord of all . Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none ...
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... Bound homeward , and in hope already there , Greets with three cheers exulting . At his waist A girdle of half - withered shrubs he shows , And at his feet the baffled billows die . The common overgrown with fern , and rough With ...
... Bound homeward , and in hope already there , Greets with three cheers exulting . At his waist A girdle of half - withered shrubs he shows , And at his feet the baffled billows die . The common overgrown with fern , and rough With ...
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