The Task And Other Poems1891 |
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... once won recognition . The preceding volume had not made Cowper famous . " The Task " at once gave him his place among the poets . Cowper's " Task " is to this day , except Wordsworth's " Excursion , " the best purely didactic poem in ...
... once won recognition . The preceding volume had not made Cowper famous . " The Task " at once gave him his place among the poets . Cowper's " Task " is to this day , except Wordsworth's " Excursion , " the best purely didactic poem in ...
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... once . So sit two kings of Brentford on one throne ; And so two citizens who take the air , Close packed and smiling in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame By soft recumbency of outstretched limbs , Was bliss reserved ...
... once . So sit two kings of Brentford on one throne ; And so two citizens who take the air , Close packed and smiling in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame By soft recumbency of outstretched limbs , Was bliss reserved ...
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... once . Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods , or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock , and , chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length ...
... once . Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods , or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock , and , chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length ...
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... Once went I forth , and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : ' Tis perched upon the green hill - top , but close Environed with a ring of branching elms That overhang the thatch , itself unseen Peeps at ...
... Once went I forth , and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : ' Tis perched upon the green hill - top , but close Environed with a ring of branching elms That overhang the thatch , itself unseen Peeps at ...
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... once into a cooler clime . Ye fallen avenues ! once more I mourn Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice That yet a remnant of your race survives . How airy and how light the graceful arch , Yet awful as the consecrated roof Re ...
... once into a cooler clime . Ye fallen avenues ! once more I mourn Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice That yet a remnant of your race survives . How airy and how light the graceful arch , Yet awful as the consecrated roof Re ...
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