The Task and Other PoemsCarey and Hart, 1849 - 324 pages |
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Page 10
... scene described . Rural sounds as well as sights delightful . Another walk . Mistake concerning the charms of solitude corrected . Colonnades com- mended . Alcove , and the view from it . The Wilderness . The Grove . The Thresher . The ...
... scene described . Rural sounds as well as sights delightful . Another walk . Mistake concerning the charms of solitude corrected . Colonnades com- mended . Alcove , and the view from it . The Wilderness . The Grove . The Thresher . The ...
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... scenes that soothed Or charm'd me young , no longer young , I find Still soothing , and of power to charm me still ... scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discern'd The distant plough slow moving , and beside His labouring ...
... scenes that soothed Or charm'd me young , no longer young , I find Still soothing , and of power to charm me still ... scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discern'd The distant plough slow moving , and beside His labouring ...
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... Scenes must be beautiful , which , daily view'd , Please daily , and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years : Praise justly due to those that I describe . Nor rural sights alone , but rural sounds Exhilarate the ...
... Scenes must be beautiful , which , daily view'd , Please daily , and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years : Praise justly due to those that I describe . Nor rural sights alone , but rural sounds Exhilarate the ...
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... scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devised the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains , Forth steps ...
... scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devised the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains , Forth steps ...
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... scene , Diversified with trees of every growth , Alike , yet various . Here the grey , smooth trunks Of ash , or lime , or beech , distinctly shine Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There , lost behind a rising ground , the ...
... scene , Diversified with trees of every growth , Alike , yet various . Here the grey , smooth trunks Of ash , or lime , or beech , distinctly shine Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There , lost behind a rising ground , the ...
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