The Task And Other Poems1891 |
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Page 16
... peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devised the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains Forth steps the man - an ...
... peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devised the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains Forth steps the man - an ...
Page 17
... peaceful covert mine . Here , I have said , at least I should possess The poet's treasure , silence , and indulge The dreams of fancy , tranquil and secure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it ...
... peaceful covert mine . Here , I have said , at least I should possess The poet's treasure , silence , and indulge The dreams of fancy , tranquil and secure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it ...
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... peace and mutual aid , Between the nations , in a world that seems To toll the death - bell to its own decease , And by the voice of all its elements To preach the general doom ? When were the winds Let slip with such a warrant to ...
... peace and mutual aid , Between the nations , in a world that seems To toll the death - bell to its own decease , And by the voice of all its elements To preach the general doom ? When were the winds Let slip with such a warrant to ...
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... peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily , rude fragments now Lie scattered where the shapely column stood . Her palaces are dust . In all her streets The voice of singing and the sprightly chord Are silent ...
... peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily , rude fragments now Lie scattered where the shapely column stood . Her palaces are dust . In all her streets The voice of singing and the sprightly chord Are silent ...
Page 43
... peace the injuries of war , And gives his direst foe a friend's embrace . And shamed as we have been , to the very beard Braved and defied , and in our own sea proved Too weak for those decisive blows that once Insured us mastery there ...
... peace the injuries of war , And gives his direst foe a friend's embrace . And shamed as we have been , to the very beard Braved and defied , and in our own sea proved Too weak for those decisive blows that once Insured us mastery there ...
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