The Task, and Other PoemsGeorge M'Dowell and Son, 1831 - 179 páginas |
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... beauty , her fertility . She dreads 370 An instant's pause , and lives but whilst she moves : Its own revolvency upholds the World , Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Else noxious ; oceans ...
... beauty , her fertility . She dreads 370 An instant's pause , and lives but whilst she moves : Its own revolvency upholds the World , Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Else noxious ; oceans ...
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... Beauty , when no cause For such immeasurable wo appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair 460 Sweet smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated ...
... Beauty , when no cause For such immeasurable wo appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair 460 Sweet smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated ...
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... beauty to a stone , And Chatham's eloquence to marble lips . Nor does the chisel occupy alone 705 The pow'rs of sculpture , but the style as much ; Each province of her art her equal care . With nice incision of her guided steel She ...
... beauty to a stone , And Chatham's eloquence to marble lips . Nor does the chisel occupy alone 705 The pow'rs of sculpture , but the style as much ; Each province of her art her equal care . With nice incision of her guided steel She ...
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... , hasty to depart , Look'd to the sea for safety ? They are gone , Gone with the refluent wave into the deep- A prince with half his people ! Ancient tow'rs , 120 And roofs embattled high , the gloomy scenes Where beauty 32 THE TASK .
... , hasty to depart , Look'd to the sea for safety ? They are gone , Gone with the refluent wave into the deep- A prince with half his people ! Ancient tow'rs , 120 And roofs embattled high , the gloomy scenes Where beauty 32 THE TASK .
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William Cowper. And roofs embattled high , the gloomy scenes Where beauty oft and letter'd worth consume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone : the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release ...
William Cowper. And roofs embattled high , the gloomy scenes Where beauty oft and letter'd worth consume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone : the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release ...
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Términos y frases comunes
beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charms clime delights design'd distant divine domestick dread dream e'en earth ease ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel field of glory flow'r folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory Gothick grace grave groves hand happy heart Heav'n honour human JOSEPH HILL king labour lanquid learn'd less lost lyre magick mercy Mighty winds mind mischief musick nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once peace perhaps plac'd pleas'd pleasures polish'd pow'r praise proud publick rapture riddance rude rural sacred scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile Sofa song soon soul sound sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thou hast toil touch'd trembling truth Twas virtue wand'ring WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise worth youth
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Página 30 - 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 30 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast...
Página 77 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 55 - 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 th
Página 139 - 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.
Página 38 - Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Página 126 - 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. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Página 40 - 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 30 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 163 - That, viewing it, we seem almost t' obtain Our innocent sweet simple years again. This fond attachment to the well-known place, Whence first we started into life's long race, Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e'en in age, and at our latest day.