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... their due praise , but censured . - Fête champêtre . - The book concludes with a reflection on the fatal effects of dissipation and effeminacy upon our public measures . THE TASK . I BOOK I. THE SOFA . SING THE ARGUMENT .
... their due praise , but censured . - Fête champêtre . - The book concludes with a reflection on the fatal effects of dissipation and effeminacy upon our public measures . THE TASK . I BOOK I. THE SOFA . SING THE ARGUMENT .
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... praise of nature most sincere , 150 And that my raptures are not conjur'd up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slacken'd to a pause , and we have borne ...
... praise of nature most sincere , 150 And that my raptures are not conjur'd up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slacken'd to a pause , and we have borne ...
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... Praise justly due to those that I describe . Nor rural sights alone , but rural sounds , Exhilarate the spirit , and restore 180 The tone of languid Nature . Mighty winds , That sweep the skirt of some far - spreading wood Of ancient ...
... Praise justly due to those that I describe . Nor rural sights alone , but rural sounds , Exhilarate the spirit , and restore 180 The tone of languid Nature . Mighty winds , That sweep the skirt of some far - spreading wood Of ancient ...
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... praise . Now mark a spot or two , That so much beauty would do well to purge ; And show this queen of cities , that so fair May yet be foul ; so witty , yet not wise . It is not seemly , nor of good report , That she is slack in ...
... praise . Now mark a spot or two , That so much beauty would do well to purge ; And show this queen of cities , that so fair May yet be foul ; so witty , yet not wise . It is not seemly , nor of good report , That she is slack in ...
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... praise and boast enough In ev'ry clime , and travel where we might , That we were born her children . Praise enough To fill th ' ambition of a private man , That Chatham's language was his mother tongue , And Wolfe's great name ...
... praise and boast enough In ev'ry clime , and travel where we might , That we were born her children . Praise enough To fill th ' ambition of a private man , That Chatham's language was his mother tongue , And Wolfe's great name ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast BODHAM breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine dread dream Earth ease ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel flow'rs folly form'd fountain of eternal frown give glory grace grave hand happy hast heard heart Heav'n honour hope human JOHN SHARPE KINGCUPS labour learn'd less live lost lov'd lyre Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pleas'd pleasure plebeian polish'd pow'r praise proud quake rapture rest rude rural sacred scene schools seek seem'd shade shine skies sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound spleen Stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth twas virtue voice waste Weston Underwood WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom worth youth
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Page 262 - One song employs all nations, and all cry, ' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us ! ' The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy : Till nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Page 251 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs, Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Page 60 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, ** And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 365 - I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me ; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, " Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away...
Page 369 - I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might. But no — what here we call our life is such, So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds again.
Page 91 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. ^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore And in his hands and feet the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts He drew them forth, and healed and bade me live.
Page 352 - Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Armed with thunder, clad with wings, Shall a wider world command. ' Regions Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None invincible as they.
Page 139 - Made vocal for the amusement of the rest ; The sprightly lyre, whose treasure of sweet sounds The touch from many a trembling chord shakes out; And the clear voice symphonious, yet distinct, And in the charming strife triumphant still ; Beguile the night, and set a keener edge On female industry : the threaded steel Flies swiftly, and unfelt the task proceeds.
Page 224 - The night was winter in his roughest mood ; The morning sharp and clear. But now at noon Upon the southern side of the slant hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene below.
Page 100 - Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets; Though many boast thy favours, and affect To understand and choose thee for their own.