The TaskJ. Sharpe, 1825 - 220 páginas |
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... fame ( howe'er deserved ) , Long held , and scarcely disengaged at last . But now with pleasant pace a cleanlier road I mean to tread . I feel myself at large , Courageous and refresh'd for future toil , If toil await me , or if dangers ...
... fame ( howe'er deserved ) , Long held , and scarcely disengaged at last . But now with pleasant pace a cleanlier road I mean to tread . I feel myself at large , Courageous and refresh'd for future toil , If toil await me , or if dangers ...
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... ennobling strains ; And in thy numbers , Philips , shines for aye The solitary shilling . Pardon then , * Miraturque novos fructus et non sua poma . Virg . Ye sage dispensers of poetic fame , The ' ambition 76 BOOK III . THE TASK .
... ennobling strains ; And in thy numbers , Philips , shines for aye The solitary shilling . Pardon then , * Miraturque novos fructus et non sua poma . Virg . Ye sage dispensers of poetic fame , The ' ambition 76 BOOK III . THE TASK .
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William Cowper. Ye sage dispensers of poetic fame , The ' ambition of one meaner far , whose powers , Presuming an attempt not less sublime , Pant for the praise of dressing to the taste Of critic appetite , no sordid fare , A cucumber ...
William Cowper. Ye sage dispensers of poetic fame , The ' ambition of one meaner far , whose powers , Presuming an attempt not less sublime , Pant for the praise of dressing to the taste Of critic appetite , no sordid fare , A cucumber ...
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... fame ! Behold the schools , in which plebeian minds , Once simple , are initiated in arts , Which some may practise with politer grace , But none with readier skill ! - ' tis here they learn The road that leads from competence and peace ...
... fame ! Behold the schools , in which plebeian minds , Once simple , are initiated in arts , Which some may practise with politer grace , But none with readier skill ! - ' tis here they learn The road that leads from competence and peace ...
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... to the pursuit Of honours , or emolument , or fame : I shall not add myself to such a chase , Thwart his attempts , or envy his success . * Mignonette .. Some must be great . Great offices will have Great WINTER EVENING . 117.
... to the pursuit Of honours , or emolument , or fame : I shall not add myself to such a chase , Thwart his attempts , or envy his success . * Mignonette .. Some must be great . Great offices will have Great WINTER EVENING . 117.
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause cerning charge CHARLES ROLLS charms clime delights design'd distant divine dream e'en Earth ease fair fame fancy feed feel field of glory flower folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace grave groves hand happy heart Heaven honour human JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once palmistry pass'd peace perhaps pleasures plebeian praise prize proud prove rapture RICHARD WESTALL riddance rude rural sacred sake scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound spare stroke sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art toil touch'd trembling truth twas virtue WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wonder worth YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY youth
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Página 154 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed, and squared, and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.
Página 121 - The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.
Página 135 - Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science; blinds The eyesight of Discovery; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.
Página 157 - And of an humbler growth, the other tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress or more sable yew Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the wind severs from the broken wave ; The lilac, various in array, now white, Now sanguine, and her beauteous head now set With purple spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all...
Página 65 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Página 144 - His to enjoy, With a propriety that none can feel But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Página 125 - Some seek diversion in the tented field, And make the sorrows of mankind their sport. But war's a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
Página 14 - Here the gray smooth trunks Of ash, or lime, or beech, distinctly shine Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There, lost behind a rising ground, the wood Seems sunk, and shorten'd to its topmost boughs. No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Página 144 - They lived unknown Till Persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and sanctifies his song : And history, so warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this.
Página 92 - And having dropped the expected bag — pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy...