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... at every step Our foot half sunk in hillocks green and soft , Raised by the mole , the miner of the soil . He , not unlike the great ones of mankind , t Disfigures Earth : and , plotting in the dark , 12 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... at every step Our foot half sunk in hillocks green and soft , Raised by the mole , the miner of the soil . He , not unlike the great ones of mankind , t Disfigures Earth : and , plotting in the dark , 12 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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... 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 , Delight ...
... 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 , Delight ...
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... half - wither'd shrubs he shows , And at his feet the baffled billows die . The common , overgrown with fern , and rough With prickly gorse that , shapeless and deform'd , And dangerous to the touch , has yet its bloom , And decks ...
... half - wither'd shrubs he shows , And at his feet the baffled billows die . The common , overgrown with fern , and rough With prickly gorse that , shapeless and deform'd , And dangerous to the touch , has yet its bloom , And decks ...
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... scene . Where now the throng That press'd the beach , and , 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 towers , THE TIMEPIECE . 35.
... scene . Where now the throng That press'd the beach , and , 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 towers , THE TIMEPIECE . 35.
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William Cowper. A prince with half his people ! Ancient towers , 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 ...
William Cowper. A prince with half his people ! Ancient towers , 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 ...
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charge charms CHISWICK delights design'd distant divine DRAWN BY RICHARD 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 groves hand happy heart Heaven honour human INNER TEMPLE JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once palmistry peace perhaps PICCADILLY pleasures plebeian praise prize proud PUBLISHED BY JOHN 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 youth
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Page 176 - 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 96 - Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west; but kindly still Compensating his loss with added hours Of social converse and instructive ease, And...
Page 158 - Happy who walks with him ! whom what he finds Of flavour or of scent in fruit or flower, Or what he views of beautiful or grand In nature, from the broad majestic oak To the green blade, that twinkles in the sun, Prompts with remembrance of a present God.
Page 9 - Stand, never overlooked, our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut; While far beyond, and overthwart the stream, That, as with molten glass, inlays the vale, The sloping land recedes into the clouds; Displaying on its...
Page 174 - For He, whose car the winds are, and the clouds The dust, that waits upon his sultry march, When sin hath moved him, and his wrath is hot, Shall visit earth in mercy; shall descend Propitious in his chariot paved with love; And what his storms have blasted and defaced For man's revolt shall with a smile repair.
Page 43 - Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, 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.
Page 175 - The garden fears no blight, and needs no fence, For there is none to covet, all are full. The lion, and the libbard, and the bear Graze with the fearless flocks; all bask at noon Together, or all gambol in the shade Of the same grove, and drink one common stream Antipathies are none.
Page 15 - Ye fallen avenues ! once more I mourn Your fate unmerited, once more rejoice That yet a remnant of your race survives.
Page 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...
Page 123 - 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.