The Task And Other Poems1891 |
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... taste , Now scorned , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From sultry suns , and , in their shaded walks And long - protracted bowers , enjoyed at noon The gloom and coolness of declining day . We bear ...
... taste , Now scorned , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From sultry suns , and , in their shaded walks And long - protracted bowers , enjoyed at noon The gloom and coolness of declining day . We bear ...
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... taste and wealth proclaimed The fairest capital in all the world , By riot and incontinence the worst . There , touched by Reynolds , a dull blank becomes A lucid mirror , in which nature sees All her reflected features . Bacon there ...
... taste and wealth proclaimed The fairest capital in all the world , By riot and incontinence the worst . There , touched by Reynolds , a dull blank becomes A lucid mirror , in which nature sees All her reflected features . Bacon there ...
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... in the fields and groves ? Possess ye therefore , ye who , borne about In chariots and sedans , know no fatigue But that of idleness , and taste no scenes But B - 201 THE TASK . 33 She has her praise. Now mark a spot or ...
... in the fields and groves ? Possess ye therefore , ye who , borne about In chariots and sedans , know no fatigue But that of idleness , and taste no scenes But B - 201 THE TASK . 33 She has her praise. Now mark a spot or ...
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William Cowper. But that of idleness , and taste no scenes But such as art contrives , possess ye still Your element ; there only ye can shine , There only minds like yours can do no harm . Our groves were planted to console at noon The ...
William Cowper. But that of idleness , and taste no scenes But such as art contrives , possess ye still Your element ; there only ye can shine , There only minds like yours can do no harm . Our groves were planted to console at noon The ...
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... taste Of what is excellent in man , they thirst With such a zeal to be what they approve , That no restraints can circumscribe them more Than they themselves by choice , for wisdom's sake . Nor can example hurt them . What they see Of ...
... taste Of what is excellent in man , they thirst With such a zeal to be what they approve , That no restraints can circumscribe them more Than they themselves by choice , for wisdom's sake . Nor can example hurt them . What they see Of ...
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