The Task And Other Poems1891 |
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... give me a subject . " ' Oh , " she answered , “ you can write upon anything . Write on this sofa . " He play- fully accepted that as " the task " set him , and began his poem called The Task , " which was finished in the summer of the ...
... give me a subject . " ' Oh , " she answered , “ you can write upon anything . Write on this sofa . " He play- fully accepted that as " the task " set him , and began his poem called The Task , " which was finished in the summer of the ...
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William Cowper. Cowper to give up his new friend -- whom he had made a point of calling upon every morning at eleven -- and prevent her return to summer quarters in the vicarage . Two miles from Olney was Weston Underwood with a park ...
William Cowper. Cowper to give up his new friend -- whom he had made a point of calling upon every morning at eleven -- and prevent her return to summer quarters in the vicarage . Two miles from Olney was Weston Underwood with a park ...
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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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... gives the fair Sweet smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys That palls and satiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's pack that bows the bearer ...
... gives the fair Sweet smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys That palls and satiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's pack that bows the bearer ...
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