The TaskJohn Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1817 - 188 páginas |
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... dreams of fancy , tranquil and secure . 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 ...
... dreams of fancy , tranquil and secure . 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 ...
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... weep At what a sailor suffers ; fancy too , Delusive most where warmest wishes are , Would oft anticipate his glad return , And dream of transports she was not to know She heard the doleful tidings of his death— And never THE SOFA . 21.
... weep At what a sailor suffers ; fancy too , Delusive most where warmest wishes are , Would oft anticipate his glad return , And dream of transports she was not to know She heard the doleful tidings of his death— And never THE SOFA . 21.
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... dream is past ; and thou hast found again Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and yams , [ found And homestall thatch'd with leaves . But hast thou Their former charms ? And , having seen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp ...
... dream is past ; and thou hast found again Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and yams , [ found And homestall thatch'd with leaves . But hast thou Their former charms ? And , having seen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp ...
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... dream all night of what the day denied . Alas ! expect it not . We found no bait To tempt us in thy country . Doing good , Disinterested good , is not our trade . We travel far ' tis true , but not for nought ; And must be brib'd to ...
... dream all night of what the day denied . Alas ! expect it not . We found no bait To tempt us in thy country . Doing good , Disinterested good , is not our trade . We travel far ' tis true , but not for nought ; And must be brib'd to ...
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... dreams Illusive of philosophy , so call'd , But falsely . Sages after sages strove In vain to filter off a crystal draught Pure from the lees , which often more enhanc'd The thirst that slak'd it , and not seldom bred Intoxication and ...
... dreams Illusive of philosophy , so call'd , But falsely . Sages after sages strove In vain to filter off a crystal draught Pure from the lees , which often more enhanc'd The thirst that slak'd it , and not seldom bred Intoxication and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charms clime delights design'd distant divine dream Earth ease Ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel flow'r folly form'd FOUNDATIONE fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace grave groves hand happy heart Heav'n honour human INNER TEMPLE JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre mercy Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once palmistry peace perhaps PICCADILLY plac'd pleas'd pleasures plebeian polish'd pow'r praise proud rapture RICHARD WESTALL riddance rude rural sacred sake scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound stroke sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil touch'd trembling truth twas virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise worth youth
Pasajes populares
Página 32 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página 143 - Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
Página 154 - No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes and more than half...
Página 159 - The Lord of all, Himself through all diffused, Sustains and is the' life of all that lives. Nature iS but a name for an effect Whose cause is God.
Página 10 - Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course.
Página 10 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore...
Página 45 - I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain ; And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture. Much impressed 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.
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...
Página 145 - Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought. Brutes graze the mountain-top, with faces prone, And eyes intent upon the scanty herb It yields them ; or, recumbent on its brow, Ruminate heedless of the scene outspread Beneath, beyond, and stretching far away From inland regions to the distant main.
Página 65 - 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.