The Task, and Other PoemsGeorge M'Dowell and Son, 1831 - 179 páginas |
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... virtue - The South Sea islanders compassionated , but chiefly Omai - His present state of mind supposed - Civilized life friendly to virtue , but not great cities - Great cities , and London in particular , allowed their due praise ...
... virtue - The South Sea islanders compassionated , but chiefly Omai - His present state of mind supposed - Civilized life friendly to virtue , but not great cities - Great cities , and London in particular , allowed their due praise ...
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... virtues , could alone inspire-- Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long . Thou know'st my 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 ...
... virtues , could alone inspire-- Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long . Thou know'st my 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 ...
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... virtue thrives as in her proper soil ; Not rude and surly , and beset with thorns , And terrible to sight , as when she springs , ( If e'er she spring spontaneous , ) in remote 600 And barb'rous climes , where violence prevails , And ...
... virtue thrives as in her proper soil ; Not rude and surly , and beset with thorns , And terrible to sight , as when she springs , ( If e'er she spring spontaneous , ) in remote 600 And barb'rous climes , where violence prevails , And ...
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... virtue ; and inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners - victims of luxurious ease . 625 These therefore I can pity , plac'd remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or inspiration teaches ; and enclos'd ...
... virtue ; and inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners - victims of luxurious ease . 625 These therefore I can pity , plac'd remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or inspiration teaches ; and enclos'd ...
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... virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life 655 660 665 670 675 685 Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , 680 Yet not in cities oft : in proud , and gay , And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common ...
... virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life 655 660 665 670 675 685 Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , 680 Yet not in cities oft : in proud , and gay , And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common ...
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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.