The Task And Other Poems1891 |
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Page 9
... Fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing sumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our sires had none . As yet black breeches were not ; satin smooth , Or velvet soft , or plush with shaggy pile : The hardy chief ...
... Fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing sumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our sires had none . As yet black breeches were not ; satin smooth , Or velvet soft , or plush with shaggy pile : The hardy chief ...
Page 11
... softer sex . Ingenious fancy , never better pleased Than when employed to accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow , it received , THE TASK . 11.
... softer sex . Ingenious fancy , never better pleased Than when employed to accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow , it received , THE TASK . 11.
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... fair prospect ; scenes that soothed Or charmed me young , no longer young , I find Still soothing and of power to charm me still . And witness , dear companion of my walks , Whose arm this twentieth winter I perceive Fast locked in mine ...
... fair prospect ; scenes that soothed Or charmed me young , no longer young , I find Still soothing and of power to charm me still . And witness , dear companion of my walks , Whose arm this twentieth winter I perceive Fast locked in mine ...
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... Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find- He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where Florą reigns ; The lowering eye , the petulance , the frown , And ...
... Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find- He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where Florą reigns ; The lowering eye , the petulance , the frown , And ...
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... fair May yet be foul ; so witty , yet not wise . It is not seemly , nor of good report , That she is slack in discipline ; more prompt To avenge than to prevent the breach of law That she is rigid in denouncing death On petty robbers ...
... fair May yet be foul ; so witty , yet not wise . It is not seemly , nor of good report , That she is slack in discipline ; more prompt To avenge than to prevent the breach of law That she is rigid in denouncing death On petty robbers ...
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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