The Task And Other Poems1891 |
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... close companionship of three . When Lady Austen did not spend her evenings with Mrs. Unwin and Cowper , Mrs. Unwin and Cowper spent their evenings with Lady Austen . They read , talked , Lady Austen played and sang , and they all called ...
... close companionship of three . When Lady Austen did not spend her evenings with Mrs. Unwin and Cowper , Mrs. Unwin and Cowper spent their evenings with Lady Austen . They read , talked , Lady Austen played and sang , and they all called ...
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... close , or needlework sublime . There might ye see the peony spread wide , The full - blown rose , the shepherd and his lass , Lapdog and lambkin with black staring eyes , And parrots with twin cherries in their beak . Now came the cane ...
... close , or needlework sublime . There might ye see the peony spread wide , The full - blown rose , the shepherd and his lass , Lapdog and lambkin with black staring eyes , And parrots with twin cherries in their beak . Now came the cane ...
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... Close packed and smiling in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame By soft recumbency of outstretched limbs , Was bliss reserved for happier days ; so slow The growth of what is excellent , so hard To attain perfection ...
... Close packed and smiling in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame By soft recumbency of outstretched limbs , Was bliss reserved for happier days ; so slow The growth of what is excellent , so hard To attain perfection ...
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... close cropped by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm . Of thorny boughs : have loved the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by river's brink , E'er since a truant boy I passed my bounds To enjoy a ramble ...
... close cropped by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm . Of thorny boughs : have loved the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by river's brink , E'er since a truant boy I passed my bounds To enjoy a ramble ...
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... close Environed with a ring of branching elms That overhang the thatch , itself unseen Peeps at the vale below ; so thick beset With foliage of such dark redundant growth , I called the low - roofed lodge the peasant's nest . And hidden ...
... close Environed with a ring of branching elms That overhang the thatch , itself unseen Peeps at the vale below ; so thick beset With foliage of such dark redundant growth , I called the low - roofed lodge the peasant's nest . And hidden ...
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abroad beauty beneath blank verse boast breath Cassell's cause charms Cheap Edition clime cloth Cowper death delight distant divine dream earth ease Edmonton enjoy fair fancy fear feeds feel flowers folly frown fruit gives glory grace grave groves hand happy hast heart heaven HENRY MORLEY honour human Illustrated John Gilpin JOSEPH HILL king labour Lady Austen less live lost lyre Mary Mighty winds mind nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er Olney once peace perhaps pleasure praise proud R. L. STEVENSON ROBERT BROWN ROBERT STAWELL BALL rude rural sake scene seek seems shine sighs sleep sloth smiles smooth Sofa soft song soon soul sound spare sweet task taste thee theme thine Thou art toil touch trembling truth Twas virtue Vols weary Weston Underwood WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worth