The Task And Other Poems1891 |
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Page 8
... stands only as a point of departure : —it suits a gouty limb ; but as the poet is not gouty , he is up and off . He is off for a walk with Mrs. Unwin in the country about Olney . He dwells on the rural sights and rural sounds , taking ...
... stands only as a point of departure : —it suits a gouty limb ; but as the poet is not gouty , he is up and off . He is off for a walk with Mrs. Unwin in the country about Olney . He dwells on the rural sights and rural sounds , taking ...
Page 14
... There , fast rooted in his bank Stand , never overlooked , our favourite elms That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond and overthwart the stream That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale 14 THE TASK .
... There , fast rooted in his bank Stand , never overlooked , our favourite elms That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond and overthwart the stream That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale 14 THE TASK .
Page 24
... stands , possessed With visions prompted by intense desire ; 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 ...
... stands , possessed With visions prompted by intense desire ; 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 ...
Page 37
... stand exposed by common peccancy To what no few have felt , there should be 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 ...
... stand exposed by common peccancy To what no few have felt , there should be 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 ...
Page 39
... Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may choose His mark , May punish , if He please , the less , to warn The more malignant . If He spared not them , Tremble and be amazed at thine escape , Far ...
... Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may choose His mark , May punish , if He please , the less , to warn The more malignant . If He spared not them , Tremble and be amazed at thine escape , Far ...
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