The Task And Other Poems1891 |
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Page 12
... enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head , And sweet the clerk below ; but neither ... enjoyed by curate in his desk , Nor yet the dozings of the clerk are sweet , Compared with the repose the Sofa yields ...
... enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head , And sweet the clerk below ; but neither ... enjoyed by curate in his desk , Nor yet the dozings of the clerk are sweet , Compared with the repose the Sofa yields ...
Page 13
... 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 on scarlet ...
... 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 on scarlet ...
Page 17
... enjoyed at noon The gloom and coolness of declining day . We bear our shades about us ; self - deprived Of other screen , the thin umbrella spread , And range an Indian waste without a tree . Thanks to Benevolus - he spares me yet These ...
... enjoyed at noon The gloom and coolness of declining day . We bear our shades about us ; self - deprived Of other screen , the thin umbrella spread , And range an Indian waste without a tree . Thanks to Benevolus - he spares me yet These ...
Page 20
... enjoys . Refreshing change ! where now the blazing sun ? By short transition we have lost his glare , And stepped at once into a cooler clime . Ye fallen avenues ! once more I mourn Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice That yet a ...
... enjoys . Refreshing change ! where now the blazing sun ? By short transition we have lost his glare , And stepped at once into a cooler clime . Ye fallen avenues ! once more I mourn Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice That yet a ...
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... enjoy The houseless rovers of the sylvan world ; And breathing wholesome air , and wandering much , Need other physic none to heal the effects Of loathsome diet , penury , and cold . Blest he , though undistinguished from the crowd By ...
... enjoy The houseless rovers of the sylvan world ; And breathing wholesome air , and wandering much , Need other physic none to heal the effects Of loathsome diet , penury , and cold . Blest he , though undistinguished from the crowd By ...
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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