The TaskJohn Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1817 - 188 páginas |
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... , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gath'ring rains , Forth steps the man — an emblem of myself ! More delicate , his tim'rous mate retires . When winter soaks the fields , and female feet , 10 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gath'ring rains , Forth steps the man — an emblem of myself ! More delicate , his tim'rous mate retires . When winter soaks the fields , and female feet , 10 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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William Cowper. When winter soaks the fields , and female feet , Too weak to struggle with tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are best at home , The task of new discov'ries falls on me , At such a season , and with such a charge ...
William Cowper. When winter soaks the fields , and female feet , Too weak to struggle with tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are best at home , The task of new discov'ries falls on me , At such a season , and with such a charge ...
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... field ; but scatter'd by degrees , Each to his choice , soon whiten all the land . There from the sunburnt hayfield homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lighten'd of its charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ; The ...
... field ; but scatter'd by degrees , Each to his choice , soon whiten all the land . There from the sunburnt hayfield homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lighten'd of its charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ; The ...
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... field For the unscented fictions of the loom ; Who , satisfied with only pencil'd scenes , Prefer to the performance of a God Th ' inferior wonders of an artist's hand ! Lovely indeed the mimic works of Art ; But Nature's works far ...
... field For the unscented fictions of the loom ; Who , satisfied with only pencil'd scenes , Prefer to the performance of a God Th ' inferior wonders of an artist's hand ! Lovely indeed the mimic works of Art ; But Nature's works far ...
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... by 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 .
... by 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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The Task. [With “Tirocinium; Or, a Review of Schools.” With Plates After ... William Cowper Visualização integral - 1817 |
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.