The Task And Other Poems1891 |
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Page 6
... soon broken . ' " One evening in the summer of 1782 , when Cowper was low - spirited , Lady Austen told him in lively fashion the story upon which he founded the ballad of " John Gilpin . " Its original hero is said to have been a Mr ...
... soon broken . ' " One evening in the summer of 1782 , when Cowper was low - spirited , Lady Austen told him in lively fashion the story upon which he founded the ballad of " John Gilpin . " Its original hero is said to have been a Mr ...
Page 19
... soon whiten all the land . There , from the sunburnt hay - field homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lightened of its charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by , The boorish driver leaning o'er his team , Vociferous , and ...
... soon whiten all the land . There , from the sunburnt hay - field homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lightened of its charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by , The boorish driver leaning o'er his team , Vociferous , and ...
Page 22
... soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The powers of fancy and strong thought are theirs ; Even age itself seems privileged in them With clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The veteran shows ...
... soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The powers of fancy and strong thought are theirs ; Even age itself seems privileged in them With clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The veteran shows ...
Page 23
... soon its healthful hue , His eye relumines its extinguished fires , He walks , he leaps , he runs - is winged with joy , And riots in the sweets of every breeze . He does not scorn it , who has long endured A fever's agonies , and fed ...
... soon its healthful hue , His eye relumines its extinguished fires , He walks , he leaps , he runs - is winged with joy , And riots in the sweets of every breeze . He does not scorn it , who has long endured A fever's agonies , and fed ...
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... soon as known . Methinks I see thee straying on the beach , And asking of the surge that bathes thy foot If ever it has washed our distant shore . I see thee weep , and thine are honest tears , A patriot's for his country . Thou art sad ...
... soon as known . Methinks I see thee straying on the beach , And asking of the surge that bathes thy foot If ever it has washed our distant shore . I see thee weep , and thine are honest tears , A patriot's for his country . Thou art sad ...
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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