The TaskJ. Sharpe, 1825 - 220 páginas |
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... coachbox at the midnight hour , To sleep within the carriage more secure , His legs depending at the open door . Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet 6 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... coachbox at the midnight hour , To sleep within the carriage more secure , His legs depending at the open door . Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet 6 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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William Cowper. The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the sick man dead ; Nor his , who quits the box at midnight hour , To slumber in the carriage more ...
William Cowper. The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the sick man dead ; Nor his , who quits the box at midnight hour , To slumber in the carriage more ...
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... head , Conspicuous many a league , the mariner Bound homeward , and in hope already there , Greets with three cheers exulting . At his waist A girdle of half wither'd shrubs he shows , And at his feet the baffled billows die . The ...
... head , Conspicuous many a league , the mariner Bound homeward , and in hope already there , Greets with three cheers exulting . At his waist A girdle of half wither'd shrubs he shows , And at his feet the baffled billows die . The ...
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... , Graced with a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , steadfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . BOOK II . He would stroke The head of modest THE SOFA . 29.
... , Graced with a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , steadfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . BOOK II . He would stroke The head of modest THE SOFA . 29.
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William Cowper. BOOK II . He would stroke The head of modest and ingemous worth That blush'd at its own praise , DRAWN BY RICHARD WESTALL R.A.ENGRAVED BY CHARLES ROLLS : PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARPE , LONDON . MARCH 25.1825 . T PUBER EW YORK ...
William Cowper. BOOK II . He would stroke The head of modest and ingemous worth That blush'd at its own praise , DRAWN BY RICHARD WESTALL R.A.ENGRAVED BY CHARLES ROLLS : PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARPE , LONDON . MARCH 25.1825 . T PUBER EW YORK ...
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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...