The Task: A Poem. In Six Books. To which is Added, Tirocinium: Or, A Review of SchoolsThomas Dobson, bookseller, in Second-Street, second door above Chesnut-Street, 1787 - 186 páginas |
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... thou hast doubled long . Thou know'ft my praife of nature most fincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To ferve occafions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft upon yon eminence , our pace Has ...
... thou hast doubled long . Thou know'ft my praife of nature most fincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To ferve occafions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft upon yon eminence , our pace Has ...
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... Thou seeming fweet , Be ftill a pleafing object in my view , My vifit ftill , but never mine abode . Not diftant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient tafte , Now fcorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our ...
... Thou seeming fweet , Be ftill a pleafing object in my view , My vifit ftill , but never mine abode . Not diftant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient tafte , Now fcorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our ...
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... thou haft found again Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and yams , And homeftall thatch'd with leaves . But haft thou found Their former charms ? And having feen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our gardens ...
... thou haft found again Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and yams , And homeftall thatch'd with leaves . But haft thou found Their former charms ? And having feen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our gardens ...
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... thou art ( for we return'd thee rude And ignorant , except of outward show ) I cannot think thee yet fo dull of heart And fpiritlefs , as never to regret Sweets tasted here , and left as foon as known . Methinks I see thee ftraying on ...
... thou art ( for we return'd thee rude And ignorant , except of outward show ) I cannot think thee yet fo dull of heart And fpiritlefs , as never to regret Sweets tasted here , and left as foon as known . Methinks I see thee ftraying on ...
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... Thou fool ! will thy discov'ry of the cause Sufpend th ' effect or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means fince first he made the world , And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation lefs Than a ...
... Thou fool ! will thy discov'ry of the cause Sufpend th ' effect or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means fince first he made the world , And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation lefs Than a ...
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The Task: A Poem. in Six Books. to Which Is Added, Tirocinium: Or, a Review ... William Cowper Pré-visualização indisponível - 2018 |
The Task: A Poem, in Six Books; To Which Is Added, Tirocinium, Or a Review ... William Cowper Pré-visualização indisponível - 2017 |
The Task: A Poem, in Six Books; To Which Is Added, Tirocinium, Or a Review ... William Cowper Pré-visualização indisponível - 2017 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
againſt beneath boaſt caufe cauſe charms cloſe courſe defign diftant dream earth eaſe elfe ev'n ev'ry facred fafe faft fair fake fame faſhion fatire fcenes fcorn fecure feeds feek feel feems feen fhade fhall fhines fhould fhow fide fighs filent filks fince firft firſt fkies flaves fleep flow'r fmiles folly fome fong foon form'd foul fpirit fpread ftands ftate ftill ftream ftrength fuch fweet grace heart heav'n himſelf itſelf juft laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs loft meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe purpoſe reft rife ſcene ſchool ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhow ſkill ſmile ſport ſpot ſtill ſweet tafte taſk thee thefe themſelves Theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand truth uſe virtue wafte whofe whoſe wind wiſdom worth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 30 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 144 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
Página 178 - 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.
Página 30 - Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys...
Página 171 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Página 178 - To stroke his azure neck, or to receive The lambent homage of his arrowy tongue. All creatures worship man, and all mankind One Lord, one Father.
Página 179 - All kingdoms and all princes of the earth Flock to that light ; the glory of all lands Flows into her ; unbounded is her joy, . And endless her increase. Thy rams are there, *Nebaioth, and the flocks of Kedar there ; The looms of Ormus, and the mines of Ind, And Saba's spicy groves, pay tribute there.
Página 43 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design.
Página 27 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...
Página 29 - Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own...