The TaskJohn Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1817 - 188 páginas |
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... ev'n the boding owl , That hails the rising moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh , Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist ...
... ev'n the boding owl , That hails the rising moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh , Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist ...
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... ev'n a few , Few transient years , won from th ' abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion , seem a glorious prize , And even to a clown . Now roves the eye ; And posted on this speculative height , Exults in its command . The sheepfold here ...
... ev'n a few , Few transient years , won from th ' abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion , seem a glorious prize , And even to a clown . Now roves the eye ; And posted on this speculative height , Exults in its command . The sheepfold here ...
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... Ev'n age itself seems privileg'd in them With clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran shows , and , gracing a grey beard With youthful smiles , descends toward the grave Sprightly ...
... Ev'n age itself seems privileg'd in them With clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran shows , and , gracing a grey beard With youthful smiles , descends toward the grave Sprightly ...
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... Ev'n the favour'd isles So lately found , although the constant sun Cheer all their seasons with a grateful smile , Can boast but little virtue ; and , inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners - victims of ...
... Ev'n the favour'd isles So lately found , although the constant sun Cheer all their seasons with a grateful smile , Can boast but little virtue ; and , inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners - victims of ...
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... Ev'n as his first progenitor , and quits , Though plac'd in Paradise ( for earth has still Some traces of her youthful beauty left ) , Substantial happiness for transient joy . Scenes form'd for contemplation , and to nurse , The ...
... Ev'n as his first progenitor , and quits , Though plac'd in Paradise ( for earth has still Some traces of her youthful beauty left ) , Substantial happiness for transient joy . Scenes form'd for contemplation , and to nurse , The ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charms clime delights design'd distant divine dream Earth ease Ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel flow'r folly form'd FOUNDATIONE fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace grave groves hand happy heart Heav'n honour human INNER TEMPLE JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre mercy Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once palmistry peace perhaps PICCADILLY plac'd pleas'd pleasures plebeian polish'd pow'r praise proud rapture RICHARD WESTALL riddance rude rural sacred sake scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound stroke sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil touch'd trembling truth twas virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise worth youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 32 - 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.
Página 143 - Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
Página 154 - No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes and more than half...
Página 159 - The Lord of all, Himself through all diffused, Sustains and is the' life of all that lives. Nature iS but a name for an effect Whose cause is God.
Página 10 - Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course.
Página 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...
Página 45 - I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain ; And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture. Much impressed 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.
Página 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...
Página 145 - Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought. Brutes graze the mountain-top, with faces prone, And eyes intent upon the scanty herb It yields them ; or, recumbent on its brow, Ruminate heedless of the scene outspread Beneath, beyond, and stretching far away From inland regions to the distant main.
Página 65 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.