... The Task, a Poem ...: For the Use of Schools and AcademiesPhillips, Sampson, & Company, 1842 - 150 pages |
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... nature sweeter still , 195 To sooth and satisfy the human ear . Ten thousand warblers cheer the day , and one 200 The livelong night ; nor these alone , whose notes Nice - finger'd Art must emulate in vain , But 12 THE TASK .
... nature sweeter still , 195 To sooth and satisfy the human ear . Ten thousand warblers cheer the day , and one 200 The livelong night ; nor these alone , whose notes Nice - finger'd Art must emulate in vain , But 12 THE TASK .
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... human mould , should brutalize by choice His nature ; and , though capable of arts , By which the world might profit , and himself Self - banish'd from society , prefer 570 575 Such squalid sloth to honourable toil ! Yet even these 26 ...
... human mould , should brutalize by choice His nature ; and , though capable of arts , By which the world might profit , and himself Self - banish'd from society , prefer 570 575 Such squalid sloth to honourable toil ! Yet even these 26 ...
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... 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 . Then what is man ? And what man , seeing this , And ...
... 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 . Then what is man ? And what man , seeing this , And ...
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... human and of brute Multitudes , fugitive on ev'ry side , And fugitive in vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted : and , with all its soil Alighting in far distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean ...
... human and of brute Multitudes , fugitive on ev'ry side , And fugitive in vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted : and , with all its soil Alighting in far distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean ...
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... human hands . 325 The pulpit , therefore- ( and I name it fill'd With solemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ) — The pulpit ( when the satʼrist has at last , Strutting and vap'ring in an empty ...
... human hands . 325 The pulpit , therefore- ( and I name it fill'd With solemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ) — The pulpit ( when the satʼrist has at last , Strutting and vap'ring in an empty ...
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beauty beneath boast breath call'd cause charg'd charms clime death Deciduous delight distant divine domestick dream e'en earth ease ev'ning ev'ry fair fancy fast favour'd fear feeds feel field of glory fix'd flow'rs folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruit gives glory grace grave groves hand happiness heart Heav'n honour hopes and fears Hosanna human king labour learn'd less liberty lost lov'd lyre magick mercy Mighty winds mind mov'd musick nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasures polish'd pow'r praise proud publick rapture riddance rude rural sacred sake scene seek seem'd shade shine sighs silent sleep sloth smile Sofa soft song soon soul sound spleen stream sweet sycophant task taste thee theme thine thou art toil touch'd trembling truth Twas vale virtue wand'ring weary wind winter wisdom worthy
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 144 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us-! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Page 55 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Page 12 - 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, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once.
Page 30 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed, Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Page 125 - The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd : Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books.
Page 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.
Page 145 - All kingdoms and all princes of the earth Flock to that light ; the glory of all lands Flows into her ; unbounded is her joy, And endless her increase. Thy rams are there. * Nebaioth, and the flocks of Kedar there, The looms of Ormus, and the mines of Ind, And Saba's spicy groves, pay tribute there.