The TaskJ. Sharpe, 1825 - 220 pages |
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... seen ; but perforated sore , And drill'd in holes , the solid oak is found , By worms voracious eating through and through . At length a generation more refined Improved the simple plan ; made three legs four , Gave them a twisted form ...
... seen ; but perforated sore , And drill'd in holes , the solid oak is found , By worms voracious eating through and through . At length a generation more refined Improved the simple plan ; made three legs four , Gave them a twisted form ...
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... seen . Hence the declivity is sharp and short , And such the reascent : between them weeps A little naiad her impoverish'd urn , All summer long , which winter fills again . The folded gates would bar my progress now , But that the lord ...
... seen . Hence the declivity is sharp and short , And such the reascent : between them weeps A little naiad her impoverish'd urn , All summer long , which winter fills again . The folded gates would bar my progress now , But that the lord ...
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... intense desire : Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find- He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns ; The 18 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... intense desire : Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find- He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns ; The 18 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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... seen Till half their beauties fade ; the weary sight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye ...
... seen Till half their beauties fade ; the weary sight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye ...
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... seen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our gardens , and our sports , And heard our music ; are thy simple friends , Thy simple fare , and all thy plain delights As dear to thee as once ? And have thy ...
... seen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our gardens , and our sports , And heard our music ; are thy simple friends , Thy simple fare , and all thy plain delights As dear to thee as once ? And have thy ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 65 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Page 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 —
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...