The Task: And Other Poems

Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charms death delight design'd distant divine dread dream e'en earth ease ev'ning ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel flow'r folly form'd fountain of eternal fruit give glory grace grave groves hand happy HARVARD COLLEGE hast heard heart Heav'n honour hope human JOSEPH HILL labour learn'd less liberty live lost lov'd lyre Mighty winds mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasure Plebians pow'r praise proud prove quake rapture rest rude rural sacred scene seek seem'd shade shine shrubs skies sleep sloth smile Sofa song soon soul sound Stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas virtue voice wand'ring waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise worth youth