The Task And Other Poems1891 |
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Page 11
... vain to find the distant floor . These for the rich : the rest , whom fate had placed In modest mediocrity , content With base materials , sat on well - tanned hides Obdurate and unyielding , glassy smooth , With here and there a tuft ...
... vain to find the distant floor . These for the rich : the rest , whom fate had placed In modest mediocrity , content With base materials , sat on well - tanned hides Obdurate and unyielding , glassy smooth , With here and there a tuft ...
Page 16
... vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that swim sublime In still repeated circles , screaming loud , The jay , the pie , and even the boding owl That hails the rising moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh ...
... vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that swim sublime In still repeated circles , screaming loud , The jay , the pie , and even the boding owl That hails the rising moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh ...
Page 17
... Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it affords . Its elevated site forbids the wretch To drink sweet waters of the crystal well ; He dips his bowl into the weedy ditch , And heavy - laden brings ...
... Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it affords . Its elevated site forbids the wretch To drink sweet waters of the crystal well ; He dips his bowl into the weedy ditch , And heavy - laden brings ...
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... vain - glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers , to show thee here With what superior skill we can abuse The gifts of Providence , and squander life . The dream is past . And thou hast found again Thy cocoas and bananas ...
... vain - glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers , to show thee here With what superior skill we can abuse The gifts of Providence , and squander life . The dream is past . And thou hast found again Thy cocoas and bananas ...
Page 38
... vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted , and , with all its soil Alighting in far - distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean has caught the frenzy , and upwrought To an enormous and o'erbearing ...
... vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted , and , with all its soil Alighting in far - distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean has caught the frenzy , and upwrought To an enormous and o'erbearing ...
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